(chiefly of vapour or smoke) containing or derived from sulphur (主要指汽或烟)含硫的;产生于硫的 wafts of sulphurous fumes. 一阵阵含硫的烟。 ■like sulphur in colour; pale yellow 硫磺色的,淡黄色的 ■marked by bad temper, anger, or profanity 坏脾气的;气愤的;亵渎的 a sulphurous glance. 生气的一瞥。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin sulphurosus, from sulphur (see sulphur)