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单词 fume
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fume

[ fyoom ]
/ fyum /
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noun

Often fumes . any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.

verb (used with object), fumed, fum·ing.

to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
to treat with or expose to fumes.

verb (used without object), fumed, fum·ing.

Origin of fume

1350–1400; Middle English <Old French fum<Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume

SYNONYMS FOR fume

2 rage, fury; agitation, storm.
7 chafe, fret.
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OTHER WORDS FROM fume

Words nearby fume

fumaric acid, fumarole, fumatorium, fumatory, fumble, fume, fume cupboard, fumed, fumet, fumeuse, fumigant

Definition for fume (2 of 2)

fumé
[ fy-mey ]
/ füˈmeɪ /

adjective French.

of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
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British Dictionary definitions for fume

fume
/ (fjuːm) /

verb

(intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction
(tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate

noun

(often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour
a sharp or pungent odour
a condition of anger

Derived forms of fume

Word Origin for fume

C14: from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus smoke, vapour
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for fume

fume
[ fyōōm ]

Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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