| 单词 | mephitic |
| 释义 | mephitic (once / 33674 pages) adj Foul-smelling air can be described as mephitic. If you accidentally combine ammonia and bleach when you're cleaning, you will make a mephitic cloud of gas that is not only smelly but is also dangerous to breathe. Mephitic comes from the Latin word mephitis, which means noxious vapor or exhalation. Mephitis was also the name of the Roman goddess of foul-smelling gases from volcanoes and swampy areas. She loans her name to the very common North American striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis. If you can remember the Latin name for skunk, you'll have no trouble remembering that mephitic describes air that smells terrible. WORD FAMILYmephitic USAGE EXAMPLESThat mephitic swamp still produces the odd belch. Wall Street Journal(Jul 14, 2015) Even so, his decision has not cleared the mephitic political air. Economist(Mar 05, 2015) The notion that America could civilize the mephitic forces unleashed in the Middle East seems as delusional as ever. Forbes(Sep 11, 2014) adj of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution Syn miasmic ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling having an unpleasant smell |
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