Fume



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解释

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• v. / n. 愤怒; 冒烟
• ［英］ v. / n. 愤怒 ( to show anger, annoyance, etc.) ; 冒烟 ( to give off gas, smoke, or vapor)
• ［类］ preen : self-satisfaction / fume : anger ( 打扮是一种自我满足的表现 / 愤怒是一种怒的表现)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fum, from Latin fumus; akin to Old High German toumen to be fragrant, Sanskrit dhūma smoke, Old Church Slavic dym?
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive <engine exhaust fumes>
  • b. an often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air)
• 2. something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning <sometimes his head gets a little hot with the fumes of patriotism — Matthew Arnold>
• 3. a state of excited irritation or anger — usually used in the phrase in a fume
• ? fumy adjective

II. verb (fumed; fuming)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to expose to or treat with fumes
  • 2. to give off in fumes <fuming thick black smoke>
  • 3. to utter while in a state of excited irritation or anger
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to emit fumes
    • b. to be in a state of excited irritation or anger <fretted and fumed over the delay>
  • 2. to rise in or as if in fumes

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