1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.
雙語例句
1. A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.
他身上老有股難聞的酒精味。
來自《權威詞典》
2. As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.
隨著時間的推移，他躋身美國最高法院的雄心壯志在彌漫著酒精和絕望氣息的烏煙瘴氣中消失殆盡。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A miasma rose from the marsh.
沼澤地里冒出了瘴氣.
來自辭典例句
4. The novel spun a miasma of death and decay.
小說籠罩著死亡和腐朽的氣氛.
來自互聯網
5. A grey miasma, neither cloud nor mist low in the sky and the atmosphere was stifling.