英语词汇“miasma”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	miasma
释义	mi·as·ma \mīˈazmə, mēˈ-\ noun also mi·asm \ˈmīˌazəm\ (plural mias·mas \mīˈazməz, mēˈ-\ ; or mias·ma·ta \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷məd.ə\ ; also miasms) Etymology: New Latin miasma, from Greek, defilement; akin to Greek miainein to defile — more at mole 1. : a vaporous exhalation (as of a marshy region or of putrescent matter) formerly believed to contain a substance causing disease (as malaria) < the miasmas of Matto Grosso — Jean Stafford > broadly : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere < a miasma of tobacco smoke > < seems to be more than a scent that emanates from the hops: it is almost a visible miasma, sweet yet agreeably acrid — Jan Struther > 2. : a pervasive influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt < abandoned its task in a miasma of words — J.K.Galbraith > < from its pages flow that same miasma of dread suspense, that same air of dissolution, decay, and death — Margaret B. Hexter >
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