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Fume Feel Express Smoke Exhaust   [V Fju:M N.(浓烈或难闻的)烟,气体,一阵愤怒(或不安

英语单词 fume
英美音标 [fju:m]
中文释义 n.(浓烈或难闻的)烟,气体,一阵愤怒(或不安)
v.用烟熏,冒烟,发怒
vocab简明 To fume is to feel or express great anger. You would fume if your teacher accused you of cheating when you didn't.
vocab扩展 As a verb, fume is usually used figuratively to mean "to feel very angry," whereas as a noun, it is used more as its Latin root fumus "smoke, steam, vapor." A strong-smelling gas, smoke or vapor is also called a fume. In cartoons, when a character is fuming, it is often drawn with fumes coming out of its ears. You may fume about the inconsiderate person who sits in the car with the engine running, spewing clouds of exhaust fumes.
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Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that it‘s OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure. 
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](难闻且常为有害的)烟,气体 Fumes are the unpleasant and often unhealthy smoke and gases that are produced by fires or by things such as chemicals, fuel, or cooking.
  • ...car exhaust fumes...

    汽车尾气

  • They have been protesting about fumes from a chlorine factory.

    他们一直在抗议一家氯工厂排放有毒气体。

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[VERB 动词]发怒;生气 If you fume over something, you express annoyance and anger about it.
  [V over/at/about n]
  [V with quote]
  [V]
  • He was still fuming over the remark...

    他还在为那句话生气。

  • 'It's monstrous!' Jackie fumed...

    “真是太过分了!”杰姬气冲冲地说。

  • The old man fumed and threatened.

    这个老头大发脾气,口出威胁。

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