fumes

US: /ˈfjumz/
UK: /fjˈuːmz/


English Vietnamese dictionary


fume /fju:m/
  • danh từ
    • khói, hơi khói, hơi bốc
      • the fumes of tobacco: khói thuốc lá
      • the fumes of wine: hơi men
    • cơn (xúc động...); cơn giận
      • to be a fume of impatience: đang lúc sốt ruột
      • to be in a fume: đang cơn giận dỗi
  • nội động từ
    • phun khói, phun lửa
    • cáu kỉnh, nổi đoá
      • to fret, fuss and fume over (about) trifles: bực bội, làm ầm lên và cáu kỉnh về những chuyện lặt vặt
    • bốc lên (hơi, khói)
    • ngoại động từ
      • xông hương, xông trầm
      • hơ khói, xông khói, hun khói

    Advanced English dictionary


    + noun
    [pl.] (also less frequent fume [U]) smoke, gas, or sth similar that smells strongly or is dangerous to breathe in: diesel / petrol / exhaust fumes + to be overcome by smoke and fumes + Clouds of toxic fumes escaped in a huge chemical factory blaze. + The body of a man was found in a fume filled car yesterday.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 seethe, smoulder, chafe, boil, rage, storm, rant, flare up, bluster, lose one's temper, explode, Colloq get steamed (up) (over or about), lose one's cool, flip one's lid, flip (out), fly off the handle, hit the roof, raise the roof, blow one's top or stack, get hot under the collar, blow a gasket, go off the deep end:
    She was fuming because I was five minutes late.
    2 smoke:
    The mixture fumes if you add these ingredients.
    n.
    3 Usually, fumes. smoke, vapour, effluvium, gas, exhalation, exhaust; smell, odour, aroma, fragrance, stench, stink, miasma; pollution, smog:
    The fumes from O. C. Cabot's cigar spread through the building.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    acrid, choking, dangerous, noxious, poisonous, toxic | diesel, exhaust, petrol, traffic | cooking | petrol, solvent | carbon monoxide, sulphurous, etc.

    QUANT.

    cloud
    Clouds of toxic fumes escaped from the chemical plant.

    VERB + FUMES

    give off, produce
    The fire gave off choking fumes. an industrial process which produces toxic fumes
    | breathe (in), inhale

    FUMES + VERB

    kill sb, overcome sb
    A firefighter was overcome by fumes at a blaze in a plastics factory.
    | escape
    Sometimes exhaust fumes escape into the vehicle.


    Concise English dictionary


    noun
    +gases ejected from an engine as waste products
    fumes|fumed|fumingfjuːm
    noun
    +a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
    verb
    +be mad, angry, or furious
    +emit a cloud of fine particles
    +treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
    +be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face