miasma

• n. 瘴气；臭气；不良影响

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"

(figurative)the miasma of depression

压抑的气氛

牛津词典

A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.

他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。

牛津词典

As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在弥漫着酒精和绝望气息的乌烟瘴气中消失殆尽。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A grey miasma, neither cloud nor mist low in the sky and the atmosphere was stifling.

一些似云非云,似雾非雾的灰气低低的浮在空中,使人觉得憋气.

期刊摘选

The two of them now a superstitious swamp devil, humming, hovering, and plowing through the miasma.

他和蜜蜂犹如迷信里的沼泽魔鬼, 嗡嗡叫着, 盘旋着, 在瘴气中翻腾.

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Smoke from a bonfire of garbage mixes with the miasma of smog in the sky.

一股垃圾燃烧的浓烟与其他瘴气混杂,在天空中四处弥漫.

期刊摘选

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.

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He wondered how his life had degenerated into this clawing miasma of raw unfulfilled need.

他不知道如何生活,他已蜕变为这扣瘴原料没有兑现的需要.

期刊摘选

The novel spun a miasma of death and decay.

小说笼罩着死亡和腐朽的气氛.

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The two of them now a superstitious swamp devil, humming, hovering, and plowing through miasma.

此刻他和蜜蜂都如迷信的沼泽魔鬼, 嗡嗡叫着, 盘旋着, 在瘴气中翻腾.

期刊摘选

A miasma rose from the marsh.

沼泽地里冒出了瘴气.

辞典例句

A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.

他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在弥漫着酒精和绝望气息的乌烟瘴气中消失殆尽。

柯林斯例句

来自拉丁语miasma,有毒气体，来自希腊语miasma,污染，弄脏，来自PIE*mai,弄脏，污染，污泥涂沫，词源同mole.

1. A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.

他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。

来自《权威词典》

2. As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在弥漫着酒精和绝望气息的乌烟瘴气中消失殆尽。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A miasma rose from the marsh.

沼泽地里冒出了瘴气.

来自辞典例句

4. The novel spun a miasma of death and decay.

小说笼罩着死亡和腐朽的气氛.

来自互联网

5. A grey miasma, neither cloud nor mist low in the sky and the atmosphere was stifling.

一些似云非云,似雾非雾的灰气低低的浮在空中,使人觉得憋气.

来自互联网

miasma (n.)

1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.