单词 | fume |
释义 | fume (fjuːm ) Word forms: fumes , fuming , fumed 1. plural noun Fumes are the unpleasant and often unhealthy smoke and gases that are produced by fires or by things such as chemicals, fuel, or cooking. ...car exhaust fumes. They have been protesting about fumes from a chlorine factory. Synonyms: smoke, gas, exhaust, pollution 2. verb If you fume over something, you express annoyance and anger about it. He was still fuming over the remark. [V + over/at/about] 'It's monstrous!' Jackie fumed. [VERB with quote] Synonyms: rage, boil, seethe, see red [informal] Collocations: carbon monoxide fumes However, he was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes and collapsed. Times, Sunday Times Police believe he may have been overcome by carbon monoxide fumes after turning on the engine to stay warm. The Sun Carbon monoxide fumes were thought to have seeped in up a short staircase. The Sun Leaking carbon monoxide fumes had come up a waste pipe and out through the basin. Times, Sunday Times It needed four drivers to control it and filled with carbon monoxide fumes so quickly that they had to wear gas masks. Times, Sunday Times Looking back, they see silhouettes against the lit-up gas fumes and cannot tell whether those are demonstrators or cops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The static electricity apparently mixed with gas fumes and ignited her coiffure. Globe and Mail Another sign warned of the gas fumes. The Sun He snorted the gas fumes out, not thinking about it anymore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Best's first inhalation was then filled with gas fumes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We were plagued by this — they would keep vans running, and our whole house shuddered and noxious fumes came through. Times, Sunday Times They soak up 95 per cent of noxious fumes — while metal ions break down the substances. The Sun Every individual should be capable of deciding whether to breathe noxious fumes over others in public. Times, Sunday Times The exhaust gases are filtered and burnt again to eliminate potentially noxious fumes. Times, Sunday Times Clouds of coal smoke belched out from chimneys, laden with soot, sulphur dioxide and other noxious fumes that combined with the fog to create a choking shroud of smog. Times, Sunday Times They were found in the hold of the vessel after being overcome by fumes from the engine. The Sun They were overcome by fumes in a silo. The Sun He said it was possible that he had been overcome by fumes or stunned by something falling on him. Times, Sunday Times A neighbour was quoted as saying that the family had been using a pump to clear water and may have been overcome by fumes. Times, Sunday Times Ten emergency workers were rushed to hospital after being overcome by fumes from the chemical. The Sun The petrol and paint fumes will provide a cheap anaesthetic for the hypochondriacs who insist on surgery. ST It smells old: a combination of bricks and marble mixed with paint fumes and cigarette smoke. Times, Sunday Times A painter who has lost his sense of colour due to toxic paint fumes exacts his revenge in a series of black-and-white themed crimes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cleaning fluids and paint fumes ignited by an electric sander on the second floor were determined to be the cause of the blaze. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, he makes a mess of the paint and ends up getting high over paint fumes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They even left a notice on the windscreen warning those who found them about the poisonous fumes inside. Times, Sunday Times Fourteen people were injured and nearly 300 evacuated from nearby homes as poisonous fumes spewed out from the wreck. The Sun Today, cameras monitor your speed, record your numberplate and catch you if you enter a bus lane, but if you want to fill the air with poisonous fumes, go ahead. Times, Sunday Times Impoverished villagers, too poor to move elsewhere, live above the fires in an infernal landscape covered in coal dust, smoke and poisonous fumes. Times, Sunday Times Staff built a bonfire out of rubbish including polystyrene and plastic which could have given off poisonous fumes. The Sun One man died from wounds caused by the blast, the other from inhaling toxic fumes. The Sun (2007) But she inhaled toxic fumes and now has to take air from an oxygen tank 24 hours a day. The Sun (2006) The trio spent a night inside the volcano, breathing in toxic fumes, until they were rescued. The Sun (2008) Although traffic fumes in heavily congested streets are not carcinogenic, in other ways they are as toxic to the lungs as cigarette smoke. Times, Sunday Times Ozone from summer smog caused by traffic fumes makes it even worse. Times, Sunday Times More than 20 per cent of those questioned voted for cigarettes, 16 per cent for cheap perfume and 13 per cent for traffic fumes. Times, Sunday Times They told the dad of two, who never smoked and rarely drank, it was probably caused by inhaling traffic fumes due to 'urban deterioration'. The Sun She took up keeping bees in hives on the roof of her terraced house, producing jars of honey in which some detected a savour of traffic fumes. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 表达气愤 Japanese: 怒りを表す |
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