miasma
美音:
[mı´æzmə
]英音:
[mı´æzmə
]n.毒气,沼气
难易程度:
miasma为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
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.