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单词 effluvium
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Definition of effluvium in English:

effluvium

nounPlural effluvia ɪˈfluːvɪəməˈfluviəm
  • An unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.

    臭气,废气;分泌物;排出物

    smoke and effluvia from factory chimneys

    工厂烟囱里冒出的烟和废气。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bonfires can be seen burning at various times throughout the day and night, with the resulting nauseous effluvia blowing towards the two local schools and several housing estates.
    • This poor attempt at levity earned me the usual blank look of incomprehension, so I was forced to abandon the oblique approach and ask directly about the offensive effluvium befouling our happy home.
    • Although who knows what historians in the next Millenium will conclude after studying the effluvium we leave behind.
    • The air already smelled of a range of human effluvia plus some of their delicate sweat.
    • Soon bodily effluvia and contaminated clothing are everywhere in Sunderland, and so is the epidemic.
    • At least since the early 19th century, physicians have been concerned about the mental effects of industrial effluvia.
    • Epidemical fevers and fluxes, which fill the ship with noisome and noxious effluvia, often break out, and infect the seamen likewise, and thus the oppressors, and the oppressed, fall by the same stroke.
    • Now, added to the natural body odors of the tight-packed building was a whole new menagerie of effluvia generated by excitement and fatigue.
    • Corn merchant William Mattock said it was an excellent scheme and pointed out that in 1902 offensive and dangerous effluvia had risen from the sewers and incidents of diphtheria had risen significantly.
    • Much of the supply came downstream from a sewage outlet, which received effluvia from not only households, but abattoirs, hospitals, tanneries and the like.
    Synonyms
    squandering, dissipation, frittering away, misspending, misuse, misapplication, misemployment, abuse

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, from effluere: 'flow out'.

Rhymes

alluvium

Definition of effluvium in US English:

effluvium

nounəˈflo͞ovēəməˈfluviəm
  • An unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge.

    臭气,废气;分泌物;排出物

    the unwholesome effluvia of decaying vegetable matter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Epidemical fevers and fluxes, which fill the ship with noisome and noxious effluvia, often break out, and infect the seamen likewise, and thus the oppressors, and the oppressed, fall by the same stroke.
    • Although who knows what historians in the next Millenium will conclude after studying the effluvium we leave behind.
    • At least since the early 19th century, physicians have been concerned about the mental effects of industrial effluvia.
    • Much of the supply came downstream from a sewage outlet, which received effluvia from not only households, but abattoirs, hospitals, tanneries and the like.
    • The bonfires can be seen burning at various times throughout the day and night, with the resulting nauseous effluvia blowing towards the two local schools and several housing estates.
    • Corn merchant William Mattock said it was an excellent scheme and pointed out that in 1902 offensive and dangerous effluvia had risen from the sewers and incidents of diphtheria had risen significantly.
    • Now, added to the natural body odors of the tight-packed building was a whole new menagerie of effluvia generated by excitement and fatigue.
    • The air already smelled of a range of human effluvia plus some of their delicate sweat.
    • Soon bodily effluvia and contaminated clothing are everywhere in Sunderland, and so is the epidemic.
    • This poor attempt at levity earned me the usual blank look of incomprehension, so I was forced to abandon the oblique approach and ask directly about the offensive effluvium befouling our happy home.
    Synonyms
    squandering, dissipation, frittering away, misspending, misuse, misapplication, misemployment, abuse

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, from effluere: ‘flow out’.

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