Fumes are a strong-smelling gas or smoke that you do not want in your lungs. You cannot usually see a neat cloud with a hard edge; you smell it, your eyes water, and after a while you feel sick or dizzy.

Fumes are a strong-smelling gas or smoke that you do not want in your lungsfumes是一種味道很重、你不會想吸進肺裡的氣體或煙。You cannot usually see a neat cloud with a hard edge你通常看不到一團輪廓分明的雲; you smell it, your eyes water你會聞到它，眼睛會流淚, and after a while you feel sick or dizzy過一陣子還會覺得噁心或頭暈。

Car exhaust in a closed garage, wet paint in a small room, petrol at a station, burning plastic, strong bleach — those are fumes. We nearly always say the word in the plural for this meaning: the fumes, paint fumes, petrol fumes (in American English, gasoline fumes).

Car exhaust in a closed garage關在車庫裡的汽車廢氣, wet paint in a small room小房間裡未乾的油漆, petrol at a station加油站的汽油味, burning plastic燃燒的塑膠, strong bleach濃烈的漂白水味 — those are fumes這些都是 fumes。We nearly always say the word in the plural for this meaning這個意思幾乎都用複數說: the fumes就說 fumes, paint fumespaint fumes油漆的氣味, petrol fumespetrol fumes汽油味 (in American English, gasoline fumes)（美式英文說 gasoline fumes）。

A little steam from soup is not fumes; fumes have a harsh, chemical, or burnt edge. People open windows, cover their mouths, or leave the room.

A little steam from soup is not fumes湯冒出來的一點蒸氣不算 fumes; fumes have a harsh, chemical, or burnt edgefumes帶有刺鼻、化學或焦味的特質。People open windows, cover their mouths, or leave the room大家會開窗、摀住嘴巴，或離開那個房間。

Though actually, English also has the verb to fume, “to be quietly angry”, as if the anger were smoke coming off you — same old family of “smoke”, different job. For this entry, stay with the air you should not breathe.

Though actually不過其實, English also has the verb to fume英文也有動詞 to fume, “to be quietly angry”,意思是「暗自生氣」, as if the anger were smoke coming off you好像怒氣是從你身上冒出來的煙一樣 — same old family of “smoke”, different job都是「smoke煙」這個老家族的成員，只是功能不同。For this entry, stay with the air you should not breathe這個條目講的還是那種不該吸的空氣。