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单词 in fumo
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in fumoadv.

Brit. /ɪn ˈf(j)uːməʊ/, U.S. /ɪn ˈfuˌmoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in fūmō.
Etymology: < classical Latin in fūmō < in in prep. + fūmō , ablative of fūmus fume n.Compare the following earlier example of post-classical Latin uter in fumo ‘bottle in the smoke’ in an English context:a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 287 Though you be as vter in fumo (for I heare you wante health) yet ne obliuiscaris iustificationes dei.
In smoke (cf. smoke n. 4g). Usually with verbs denoting cessation, dispersion, or dissolution. Frequently figurative or in figurative contexts.In early use with reference to Alchemy.
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1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. Ev When these Practitioners come to the last decoction, blow, blow, puff, puff, and all flies in fumo.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. v. sig. K2 O Sir, we are defeated: all the Workes Are flowne in fumo.
1665 W. Johnson Αγυρτο-Μαστιξ Ep. Ded. sig. A4 I doubt not but these Pretenders to Pyrotechny, not able to undergoe the Fiery Tryal, will, like their own false preparations, vanish in fumo.
1718 C. Cibber Non-juror i. 11 The Alarm he has given us, like his other politick Projects, will end all in Fumo.
1754 Addr. Ladies Munster & Leinster 10 May every golden Bribe evaporate in fumo.
1820 Q. Rev. Jan. 286 And thus ended in fumo Mr. Bowdich's ‘treaty of peace and amity which was to last for ever.’
1833 Reg. Deb. Congr. 9 1700 He had predicted that the whole project would go off in fumo, and his prophecy was fast coming to pass.
1883 Academy 13 Jan. 21/1 These may pass away in fumo; the former remain.
1957 F. Kermode Romantic Image vi. 116 Before the whole apparatus blows up in fumo.
1986 J. A. Barish in C. Davidson et al. Drama in Renaissance 2 What we see is..a multiple action deliberately crammed into a smaller space than it can naturally occupy, with the result that..the whole plot goes up in fumo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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