| 单词 | miasma |
| 释义 | miasma (once / 11151 pages) n A miasma is a cloud of foul-smelling vapor, like swamp gas. You could have a miasma of sweat that lingers in a locker room long after a soccer team has left, or a miasma of rumor swirling around a politician. As you've probably figured out, miasma is always negative. You could describe the miasma of a hot summer day, but you'd be thinking of the stench of uncollected garbage and exhaust fumes, not the smell of summer flowers. From the Middle Ages until the late 19th century, when germs were identified as causing disease, people believed that you could get sick from the miasma of everyday life — from the odors arising from poor sanitation and cramped quarters. WORD FAMILYmiasma: miasmal, miasmas, miasmata, miasmic USAGE EXAMPLESOur ancestors thought that “miasma”—the misty, vaporous stenches that waft from swampland—caused fatal diseases. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) Nonetheless, a collective miasma emanating from a treatment industry deems Hal as not being truly in recovery because he’s still taking some form of opioid. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) Dr. Atl’s volcanic landscapes parse the roiling miasma beneath Earth’s crust as an analogy for explosive inner turmoil, both personal and political — including revolution. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1n an unwholesome atmosphere the novel spun a miasma of death and decay Syn|Hyper miasm ambiance, ambience, atmosphere a particular environment or surrounding influence 2n unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources the miasma of the marshes a miasma of cigar smoke Syn|Hyper miasm air pollution pollution of the atmosphere |
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