Miasma

(noun.) unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; 'the miasma of the marshes'; 'a miasma of cigar smoke'.

(noun.) an unwholesome atmosphere; 'the novel spun a miasma of death and decay'.

编辑:沃伦

• Marx, we are told, could use phrases like democratic miasma. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Miasma, perhaps--malaria. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

录入:奥利维尔