She drank a mouthful of water and turned to the wall. The frightful taste of ink continued.

她喝水，翻身朝墙躺着。 那股呛人的墨水味还在嘴里。

If, as seems entirely likely, the event was followed by months of dark and choking smoke, then many of the insect survivors become difficult to account for.

如果在事件发生后几个月里到处都是乌黑呛人的烟雾，而情况似乎正是这个样，那么你很难解释许多昆虫竟能存活下。

But what of the smoker whose effluvium damages the lungs of nonsmokers forced to breathe his or her reek?

然而不吸烟者被迫吸入呛人的烟而使肺部受损算什么？

They fill moats with oil and set it alight, creating these thick black plumes of choking smoke.

他们把石油倒在城壕上，然后点燃，让又厚又黑的地柱冒出呛人的烟雾。

His head turned. Smoke rose between his teeth. His blood was smoking too, where it dripped upon the ground. He beat his wings again, sending up a choking storm of scarlet sand. Dany stumbled into the hot red cloud, coughing.

他转过头，齿间烟雾缭绕，血滴到地面，也化作缕缕青烟。他再次拍翅，掀起呛人的猩红沙暴。丹妮在这团热的红云中跌跌撞撞，不住咳嗽。