An exhalation; a fume or odour emanating from a body or substance; (now chiefly) a strong and unpleasant smell, a stench.
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释义 | the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas (24) reekeOE An exhalation; a fume or odour emanating from a body or substance; (now chiefly) a strong and unpleasant smell, a stench. air?c1225 An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective)… damp1480 An exhalation, a vapour or gas, of a noxious kind. Obsolete except as in 1b. mephitis1625 A noxious or pestilential emanation, esp. from the earth; a noisome or poisonous stench. Also figurative. Now rare. smoke1648 A mist, fog, or miasma (see later quots.). effluvium1656 Chiefly applied to the (real or supposed) outflow of material particles too subtle to be perceived by… An ‘exhalation’ affecting the sense of… fume1665 The vapour given off by acids and volatile substances; said esp. of exhalations or vapours which are irritant, stifling, or the like. Rare in singular… miasma1665 Noxious vapour rising from putrescent organic matter, marshland, etc., which pollutes the atmosphere; a cloud of such vapour. Also in extended use. mephitic1802 Mephitic gas or vapour. Obsolete. Subcategories:— an exhalation of (1) — in mines (11) — other noxious vapours or gases (3) |
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