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

fumigate

/ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt

verb [with object]

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals: we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house...

But we have already taken action by fumigating the area to prevent new cases,’ Asep said.
Due to a lack of funding, the health office will only fumigate those areas where the disease has claimed lives.
Last year a record area was fumigated but there was a small increase in coca production.

Synonyms

disinfect, purify, sterilize, sanitize, sanitate, decontaminate, cleanse, clean out;

smoke out

rare depollute, depurate, deterge

Derivatives

fumigant

noun ...

Ethylene oxide is a disinfectant, fumigant, and sterilizer, and its derivatives have a wide range of industrial and commercial uses.
And it could serve as an alternative to methyl bromide and other soil fumigants typically used to sterilize old orchards before planting new trees.
In the past five years, nearly a million acres of land in Colombia has been blitzed and sterilized by pesticides and fumigants.

fumigation

/fjuːmɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n

/ noun ...

‘These fumigations are destroying our environment,’ he says, ‘because every time they fumigate fields, the peasants plant again on new land, and they're moving deeper into the jungles.’
To the international community the justification of the fumigations appear valid.
The local government has tried to prevent the spread of the disease by warning people about the dangers of dengue fever, fumigation, and eliminating mosquito-breeding places.

fumigator

noun ...

We don't need lawyers here; we need fumigators.
It's also much more expensive to clean up and much more damaging to the proprietor seen as they usually cannot use a room I've just vacated - not until the fumigators have finished anyway.
If you have a cockroach problem, call in a fumigator instead.

Origin

Mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as fumigation, in the sense 'the action of perfuming'): from Latin fumigat- 'fumigated', from the verb fumigare, from fumus 'smoke'.

We would fumigate a room today if we wanted to disinfect it, but the earliest use was ‘to perfume’, of which it is also the root, from the same period, from the pleasant smell of incense. It comes ultimately from Latin fumus ‘smoke’, which also gives us fume (Late Middle English). See also funk

单词	fumigate
释义	fumigate /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt / verb [with object] Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals: we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house... But we have already taken action by fumigating the area to prevent new cases,’ Asep said. Due to a lack of funding, the health office will only fumigate those areas where the disease has claimed lives. Last year a record area was fumigated but there was a small increase in coca production. Synonyms disinfect, purify, sterilize, sanitize, sanitate, decontaminate, cleanse, clean out; smoke out rare depollute, depurate, deterge Derivatives fumigant noun ... Ethylene oxide is a disinfectant, fumigant, and sterilizer, and its derivatives have a wide range of industrial and commercial uses. And it could serve as an alternative to methyl bromide and other soil fumigants typically used to sterilize old orchards before planting new trees. In the past five years, nearly a million acres of land in Colombia has been blitzed and sterilized by pesticides and fumigants. fumigation /fjuːmɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ... ‘These fumigations are destroying our environment,’ he says, ‘because every time they fumigate fields, the peasants plant again on new land, and they're moving deeper into the jungles.’ To the international community the justification of the fumigations appear valid. The local government has tried to prevent the spread of the disease by warning people about the dangers of dengue fever, fumigation, and eliminating mosquito-breeding places. fumigator noun ... We don't need lawyers here; we need fumigators. It's also much more expensive to clean up and much more damaging to the proprietor seen as they usually cannot use a room I've just vacated - not until the fumigators have finished anyway. If you have a cockroach problem, call in a fumigator instead. Origin Mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as fumigation, in the sense 'the action of perfuming'): from Latin fumigat- 'fumigated', from the verb fumigare, from fumus 'smoke'. We would fumigate a room today if we wanted to disinfect it, but the earliest use was ‘to perfume’, of which it is also the root, from the same period, from the pleasant smell of incense. It comes ultimately from Latin fumus ‘smoke’, which also gives us fume (Late Middle English). See also funk
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