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miasma

美音:[mı´æzmə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.毒气,沼气

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名词复数:miasmas 形容词:miasmal

miasma


/mɪ'æzmə; mɪ`æzmə/
n (esp sing 尤作单数) (fml 文)
1 unhealthy or unpleasant mist, etc 瘴气
*A miasma rose from the marsh. 沼泽地里冒出了瘴气.
2 (fig 比喻) bad atmosphere or influence 坏的气氛或影响
*a miasma of despair 绝望的气氛.

miasma


n [singular]literary
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek;Origin:'making dirty']
dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad
 He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke.
 A foul miasma lay over the town.
an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place
miasma of
 The miasma of defeat hung over them.