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 noxious ['nɑkʃəs]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 有害的, 有毒的, 使道德败坏的

[医] 有害的, 有毒的




    noxious
    [ adj ]
    injurious to physical or mental health
    <adj.all>
    noxious chemical wastesnoxious ideas


    Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere
    to harm, hurt. Cf. {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.]
    1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;
    destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air,
    food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as,
    noxious practices or examples.

    Too frequent an appearance in places of public
    resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift.

    2. Guilty; criminal. [R.]

    Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp.
    Bramhall.

    Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive;
    pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful;
    unwholesome; insalubrious. See {Noisome}.
    -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. --
    {Nox"ious*ness}, n.

    1. The fire sent up a noxious cloud of gas over the city.
    2. A recent government report estimated that about 9,000 heavily polluted sites are scattered all over the Netherlands, leaching noxious substances into the ground water.
    3. Prosecutors alleged that a puddle of waste from the company was so noxious it melted the shoe soles of a passing jogger.
    4. Los Angeles has a smog snitch hotline for motorists to call in license plate numbers of cars that spew noxious emissions from tailpipes.
    5. Employees in this factory worked alongside puddles of poisonous mercury, with noxious vapors floating in the unventilated air.
    6. It admits that humans won't tolerate the noxious chemical fumes above 3 ppm for "more than short periods" because of eye, nose and throat irritation.
    7. It is noxious to apply that principle if the intent is to isolate the church from public discussion in regard to public policy," said Archbishop John R. Roach of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
    8. Monday's runway collision of the DC-9 and a Northwest 727 at Detroit's Metropolitan Airport killed eight people aboard the DC-9. The eight apparently died from inhaling noxious fumes before their bodies were burned beyond recognition, officials said.
    9. For years, the capital has been plagued by a brown layer of noxious smoke, exhaust fumes and factory emissions that Athenians call the nefos, or cloud.
    10. Ms. Nieto's brother-in-law, Joe, and his family left their house in Busch Terrace because they couldn't stand the noxious fumes and rumblings from flares that light up the night sky.
    11. As many as 7,000 people were evacuated from their homes Monday after a leaking crude oil tank at a Chevron plant created a noxious cloud of gas with traces of hydrogen sulfide, officials said.
    12. Some eliminate a portion of the more polluting components in favor of less noxious additives.
    13. Surface evaporation from the lakes adds tons of noxious vapors to Kuwait's already badly polluted air.
    14. Aust said flammable creosote used as a preservative on the pilings produced a noxious gas, adding to the problems of firefighters who could not get to the flames spreading beneath the pier.
    15. Buses sporting the Imperial Rising Sun flag will fill the air with noxious black smoke and broadcast rightwing propaganda. In fact, though, the two are related.
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