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

Example Sentences

All the hospital rooms had to be fumigated. We had to fumigate our apartment to get rid of the ants.

Recent Examples on the Web Surely global-health officials will be more inclined to fumigate the discourse with another odorless, colorless gas of pseudowords and digits—something in the lifeless spirit of COVID-19.

Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022 Instead of trying to fumigate away the dangers lurking in the soil each year, growers can throw out last year’s substrate and put in a new batch.

Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 Before sending containers on their way, workers at the port of departure sometimes fumigate cargo boxes with pesticides, especially if the container is loaded with food, animal feed, or timber.

Chris Baraniuk, Wired, 16 July 2022 Environmental officials have started to fumigate the area.

Chinedu Asadu, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022 Engulfing the stations were fumes from burning harmala, a plant widely used in Turkmenistan to fumigate homes and public spaces to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022 Engulfing the stations were fumes from burning harmala, a plant widely used in Turkmenistan to fumigate homes and public spaces to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Alexander Vershinin, ajc, 15 Mar. 2022 Late in life, Arbuckle’s first wife, Minta Durfee, repeated the preposterous tale that Rappe had spread so much venereal disease at Keystone that Mack Sennett had to fumigate the studio.

Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 The paddle, which looks like a hairbrush with spikes, was used in the late 1800s to puncture mail so that postal workers could fumigate it to try to contain yellow fever outbreaks.

Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigāre "to subject to smoke, get rid of with smoke," from fūmus "smoke" + -igāre, causative suffix, probably generalized from rēmigāre "to use oars, row," verbal derivative of rēmig-, rēmex "oarsman, rower," from rēmus "oar" + -ig-, -ex, agent noun derivative from the base of agere "to be in motion, do, perform" — more at fume entry 1, agent

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined above

单词	fumigate
释义	fumigate verb fu·mi·gate ˈfyü-mə-ˌgāt fumigated; fumigating transitive verb : to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests fumigation ˌfyü-mə-ˈgā-shən noun fumigator ˈfyü-mə-ˌgā-tər noun Example Sentences All the hospital rooms had to be fumigated. We had to fumigate our apartment to get rid of the ants. Recent Examples on the Web Surely global-health officials will be more inclined to fumigate the discourse with another odorless, colorless gas of pseudowords and digits—something in the lifeless spirit of COVID-19. Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022 Instead of trying to fumigate away the dangers lurking in the soil each year, growers can throw out last year’s substrate and put in a new batch. Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 Before sending containers on their way, workers at the port of departure sometimes fumigate cargo boxes with pesticides, especially if the container is loaded with food, animal feed, or timber. Chris Baraniuk, Wired, 16 July 2022 Environmental officials have started to fumigate the area. Chinedu Asadu, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022 Engulfing the stations were fumes from burning harmala, a plant widely used in Turkmenistan to fumigate homes and public spaces to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022 Engulfing the stations were fumes from burning harmala, a plant widely used in Turkmenistan to fumigate homes and public spaces to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Alexander Vershinin, ajc, 15 Mar. 2022 Late in life, Arbuckle’s first wife, Minta Durfee, repeated the preposterous tale that Rappe had spread so much venereal disease at Keystone that Mack Sennett had to fumigate the studio. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 The paddle, which looks like a hairbrush with spikes, was used in the late 1800s to puncture mail so that postal workers could fumigate it to try to contain yellow fever outbreaks. Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2020 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigāre "to subject to smoke, get rid of with smoke," from fūmus "smoke" + -igāre, causative suffix, probably generalized from rēmigāre "to use oars, row," verbal derivative of rēmig-, rēmex "oarsman, rower," from rēmus "oar" + -ig-, -ex, agent noun derivative from the base of agere "to be in motion, do, perform" — more at fume entry 1, agent First Known Use 1746, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition fumigate transitive verb fu·mi·gate ˈfyü-mə-ˌgāt fumigated; fumigating : to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests
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fumigate

verb

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transitive verb