单词 | noxious |
释义 | noxious (nɒkʃəs ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A noxious gas or substance is poisonous or very harmful. Many household products give off noxious fumes. ...carbon monoxide and other noxious gases. Synonyms: harmful, deadly, poisonous, toxic 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you refer to someone or something as noxious, you mean that they are extremely unpleasant. [formal] ...the heavy, noxious smell of burning sugar, butter, fats, and flour. Their behaviour was noxious. Collocations: noxious chemical It has not been confirmed what the noxious chemical was but three people were treated in hospital as a precaution. The Sun The higher ones employ all sorts of noxious chemicals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's no burning and therefore fewer noxious chemicals involved. Times, Sunday Times But these are likely to be the 'tip of a very large iceberg' of potentially noxious chemicals, they write. Times, Sunday Times Older pots, for example, could have been mixed with other types of plastic which might give off noxious chemicals and need to be treated separately. Times, Sunday Times And it's not just the noxious emissions from their cars that bother you. Times, Sunday Times Noxious emissions of other kinds thicken the book's atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times The company has so far nibbled round the edges, upgrading its turbines to improve thermal efficiency - the energy extracted per unit of coal burnt - and cutting noxious emissions. Times, Sunday Times The small probes were hissing and seemed to be emitting noxious gas. The Sun (2012) We carry oxygen tanks and gas detectors which detect noxious gases and low oxygen. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Speculation was rife that a ship at sea had emptied its tanks and released a noxious gas that was carried ashore on southerly winds. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It comes off the wall like a noxious gas, as strong in the photographer as in the photographed. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The noxious smell, which caused vomiting and nausea, was actually created by rotting food reacting with disinfectant. The Sun If nobody took the hint he would return and let off a room-filling noxious smell that soon had the guests reaching for their coats. Times,Sunday Times A person with damage to the part of the brain that processes taste or smell may perceive a persistent bitter taste or noxious smell. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When they trained the algorithm on the chip using ten noxious smells, it learnt and could distinguish each of them, including methane, ammonia and acetone. Times,Sunday Times Do they spit venom or emit noxious smells? Times, Sunday Times He was given a one-year suspended jail sentence yesterday after he admitted administering a noxious substance. The Sun Officers already at the independent school on a separate inquiry are said to have found a 'noxious substance' in the staff room kettle. The Sun He admitted administering a noxious substance with intent. The Sun The complex was rocked by claims a 'noxious substance' had been added to meals. The Sun Three people have been arrested and bailed on suspicion of possession of a noxious substance. Times, Sunday Times |
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