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Miasma N Stain Mi'æzmə 瘴气;不健康的环境或影响 英 瘴气,不健康的环境 或影响(Unhealthy

单词 miasma
音标 [mi'æzmə]
解释 n. 瘴气;不健康的环境或影响
红宝书 【英】 n. 瘴气,不健康的环境 或影响(unhealthy mist rising from the ground; unhealthy environment or influence)
【例】 a miasma of tobacco smoke
字源 miasma (n.)
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.
不择手段背单词 n. 瘴气(源自烂池塘和腐烂物并可致病); 不良气氛或影响
【记】m妈妈, ia病, s死, ma妈妈: 妈妈不是s就是ia-因为瘴气
趣味全助记 【记】音:迷雾吸麻,一种迷雾状吸入就痲醉的气体;音:迷 + asthma 哮喘,昏迷并哮喘发作,因为吸入了有毒的瘴气

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