miasma

英 [mi'æzmə] 美 [mi'æzmə]

• n. 瘴气；烟雾弥漫的空气；不良气氛

英英释义

Noun:

1. an unwholesome atmosphere;

   "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
   

2. unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources;

   "the miasma of the marshes"
   "a miasma of cigar smoke"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A miasma rose from the marsh.
   沼泽地里冒出了瘴气。
2. Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.
   如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。
3. A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.
   他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。
4. When he'd opened his eyes again the miasma was gone and he was neither alone nor among sahuagin.
   当他再次睁开眼睛的时候，窒息毒液已经消失，他既不孤单也不身处沙华鱼人中。

经典引文

• Open ditches exhaling miasma.

  出自： R. West

• Fever-bearing mists and miasmas hung everywhere.

  出自： J. G. Farrell

近反义词

【近义词】

• vapor 蒸汽
• mist 雾
• fog 雾
• haze 薄雾
• cloud 云
• murk 阴暗
• steam 蒸汽
• pall 遮盖物
• film 电影
• brume 雾
• mistiness 雾浓
• miasm 瘴毒