| 单词 | mephitis |
| 释义 | mephitis (once / 844237 pages) n WORD FAMILY mephitis USAGE EXAMPLESAzote is one of the most abundant elements; combined with caloric it forms azotic gas, or mephitis, which composes nearly two thirds of the atmosphere. Lavoisier, Antoine, Elements of Chemistry,—In a New Sys...(2010) The odor of corruption, the saeva mephitis, has by this time exhaled. De Quincey, Thomas, Theological Essays and Other Papers...(2010) Come along with me, and get the mephitis blown out of you. Gissing, George, The Whirlpool(2010) 1n a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Syn|Hypo|Hyper fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink niff, pong an unpleasant smell odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form 2n a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth Hyper gas a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely Mephitis (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY Mephitis USAGE EXAMPLESGeographic range of hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, with description of a new subspecies from Mexico. Durrant, Stephen D., The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys)...(2012) Geographic range of hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, with description of a new subspecies from Mexico. Kansas, University of, Index for University of Kansas, Mus...(2011) I knew him by name and reputation,—Mephitis mephitica the scientific folk call him, with felicitous reverberative emphasis,—and that sufficed. Torrey, Bradford, A Rambler's lease(2011) n in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae Syn|Hyper genus Mephitis mammal genus a genus of mammals |
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