miasma
miasma 英 [miˈæzmə] 美 [maɪˈæzmə, mi-]
n. 瘴气；臭气；不良影响
名词复数:miasmas
- A miasma is a cloud of foul-smelling vapor, like swamp gas. You could have a miasma of sweat that lingers in a locker room long after a soccer team has left, or a miasma of rumor swirling around a politician.
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- n. 瘴气；臭气；不良影响
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1. Bishop, by contrast, often felt as if she were slightly lost, floating through a miasma of self-doubt.
毕肖普却相反，常常有点儿迷惘彷徨，游走在自我怀疑的迷雾中。
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2. The miasma of toxic stink leaves you gasping, breezes batter you with filth, and even the rats look forlorn.
有毒的气体让人无法呼吸，风把垃圾吹到脸上，甚至那里的老鼠看上去都是绝望的。
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3. Where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
如果言论自由被中止了，瘴气就滋生，死亡迅即来临。
- miasma (n.) 1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- (2) "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.
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