English Dictionary

pollution

/pəˈl(j)uːʃən/

noun

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. / Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

Air pollution is a major concern in many cities.

意味（1）

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.

Pollution levels are almost always higher in cities rather than the countryside, what with the cars, industry and so on.

意味（2）

Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

意味（3）

(now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.

Men who attend the Altar, and should most / Endevor Peace: thir strife pollution brings / Upon the Temple it self […].

意味（4）

(now archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.

When occasioned by a voluntary act it is called, simply, Pollution or Masturbation (q.v.); when excited, during sleep, by lascivious dreams, it takes the name Noctur'nal pollution, Exoneiro'sis, Oneirog'mos, Oneirog'onos, Gonorrhœ'a dormien'tium, G. oneirog'onos, G. Vera, G. libidino'sa, Proflu'vium Sem'inis, Spermatorrhœ'a, Paronir'ia salax, Night pollution.

意味（5）

Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.

She condescended to wait on them at Pemberley, in spite of that pollution which its woods had received.