| 单词 | toxic |
| 释义 | toxic (once / 1896 pages) adj Danger! Hazardous! Do not eat! These are just some of the warnings you'll see on toxic substances — meaning stuff that's poisonous and even deadly. Cobra bites, wild mystery mushrooms and strong chemicals are all toxic. So are certain people, if they have particularly mean personalities. Toxic is related to the word toxin, which is a kind of poison. It comes from the ancient Greek word toxikon, which means "poison for arrows." Some toxic arrows could come in handy for those toxic personalities... WORD FAMILYtoxic: antitoxic, detoxify, nontoxic, toxically, toxicity+/detoxicate: detoxicated, detoxicates, detoxicating/detoxify: detoxicate, detoxification, detoxified, detoxifies, detoxifying/toxicity: toxicities USAGE EXAMPLESBut the country is now facing the limits of that model amid slowing growth, toxic pollution and the shift of manufacturing work to less-developed nations. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) That bout of smog saw 460 million people, a population greater than North America, breathing toxic air, according to Greenpeace. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Environmentalists counter that the issue is crucial because stormwater is the largest source of toxic pollution in Puget Sound. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison suffering from exposure to toxic substances Syn|Ant harmful causing or capable of causing harm unhealthfuldetrimental to good health noxiousinjurious to physical or mental health cyanogenetic, cyanogeniccapable of producing cyanide deadly, venomous, virulentextremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom hepatotoxictoxic to the liver nephrotoxictoxic to the kidney ototoxictoxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve poisonous, toxicanthaving the qualities or effects of a poison atoxic, nontoxic not producing or resulting from poison harmlessnot causing or capable of causing harm antitoxiccounteracting a toxin or poison non-poisonous, nonpoisonousnot producing poison nonvenomousnot producing venom |
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