chokedamp

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate. uncountable,usually
    — "Now, when you described the Wigan coal explosion last month, could you not have gone down and helped those people, in spite of the choke-damp?" "I did." "You never said so." "There was nothing worth bucking about." "I didn't know." She looked at me with rather more interest.

词形变化

chokedamps plural

词源

From choke + damp.
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