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

单词	effluvium
释义	ef·flu·vi·um \eˈflüvēəm, ə̇ˈ-\ noun also ef·flu·via \-vēə\ (plural ef·flu·via \-vēə\ ; or effluviums also effluvias) Etymology: Latin, act of flowing out, outlet, from effluere to flow out — more at effluent 1. : something especially subtle and invisible that flows out or issues forth : emanation: as a. : efflux 1b(1) b. : a hypothetical imponderable formerly believed to be manifest as an efflux from electrified bodies and magnets and to be responsible for their powers of attraction and repulsion c. : an exhalation or smell especially when unpleasant < emerging from the barbershop, his jowls gray with powder, moving in an effluvium of pomade — William Faulkner > < the mingled effluvia of rotting leaves and manure heaps … drifted toward her — Ellen Glasgow > also : gaseous waste : exhaust < carbon monoxide is generously present in the effluvia of all internal-combustion engines, most industrial plants, and many mines, mills, or workshops — Berton Roueché > 2. : a by-product usually in the form of waste < the big rum distillery just below the town sweetens the air with a luscious smell of molasses when the effluvia are being run off into the river — Francis Ratcliffe > < most of the most admired literature … has been to all appearance the effluvium of a sick society — Elmer Davis >
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