Miasma

[mɪ'æzmə;maɪ-] or [maɪ'æzmɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; 'the miasma of the marshes'; 'a miasma of cigar smoke'.

(noun.) an unwholesome atmosphere; 'the novel spun a miasma of death and decay'.

編輯:沃伦--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

克拉丽莎校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.

校對:弗恩

解釋/意思:

n. unwholesome exhalations arising from putrescent matter—also Mī′asm:—pl. Mī′asms Mias′mata.—adjs. Mias′mal Miasmat′ic Mias′matous pertaining to or containing miasma.—ns. Mias′matist; Miasmol′ogy.—adj. Mias′mous.

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