To fumigate a place is to fill it with smoke, gas, or strong chemicals so that insects, rats, bacteria, or disease cannot live there. You do not stay in the room and politely wave the smoke about. People leave. Workers seal the windows, set the treatment going, wait, then air the building for a long time afterwards.

To fumigate a place is to fill it with smoke, gas, or strong chemicalsfumigate一個地方就是用煙、氣體或強力的化學藥劑把它填滿，so that insects, rats, bacteria, or disease cannot live there讓昆蟲、老鼠、細菌或疾病都無法在那裡存活。You do not stay in the room and politely wave the smoke about你不會留在房間裡優雅地揮揮手把煙搧開。People leave人們會離開。Workers seal the windows工人會把窗戶封起來，set the treatment going啟動處理程序，wait等待，then air the building for a long time afterwards之後再讓建築物通風很長一段時間。

Warehouses, empty flats, greenhouses, and sometimes whole streets of houses get fumigated after a pest or a health scare. It is a practical, slightly official verb — the language of pest control and public health, not of lighting incense for a nice smell.

Warehouses, empty flats, greenhouses, and sometimes whole streets of houses get fumigated倉庫、空屋、溫室，有時候甚至整條街的房子都會被fumigate，after a pest or a health scare在發生蟲害或公共衛生危機之後。It is a practical, slightly official verb這是個很實際、帶點公家單位味道的動詞——the language of pest control and public health是害蟲防治和公共衛生的用語，not of lighting incense for a nice smell不是點香求好聞的那種用法。

Though actually, the root is simply smoke: the Latin verb was built from fūmus, “smoke”. The modern job is often a chemical gas rather than a wood fire, but the idea is the same: you use the air itself as the weapon, then you get out of the way.

Though actually, the root is simply smoke不過其實這個字的字根就只是「煙」：the Latin verb was built from fūmus, "smoke"這個拉丁文動詞是從fūmus(煙)這個字造出來的。The modern job is often a chemical gas rather than a wood fire現代做這件事常常用化學氣體，而不是木頭生的煙，but the idea is the same但概念是一樣的：you use the air itself as the weapon你把空氣本身當成武器，then you get out of the way然後自己讓開。