2016年8月17日 星期三

"airpocalypse"


The Economist
Breathing Beijing’s air is the equivalent of smoking almost 40 cigarettes a day. Why China's "airpocalypse" is even worse than previously thoughthttp://econ.st/1IY0U47

Breathing Beijing’s air is the equivalent of smoking almost 40 cigarettes a day. Why China's "airpocalypse" is even worse than previously thoughthttp://econ.st/1IY0U47


airpocalypse

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of air +‎ apocalypse

Noun[edit]

FireIcon.svg This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
airpocalypse ‎(plural airpocalypses)
  1. (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China


apocalypse
noun [S or U]
1 a very serious event resulting in great destruction and change:
The book offers a vision of the future in which there is a great nuclear apocalypse.

2 the Apocalypse in the Bible, the total destruction and end of the world 啟示錄

apocalyptic 
adjective
apocalyptic visions of a nuclear confrontation
apocalyptic warnings about our destruction of the environment

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