The mask was meant as a barrier against disease, asbestos from collapsed buildings and the smell of rotting corpses.

这意味着，在我和疾病、灰尘以及死亡气息之间有了一道屏障。

youdao

Mr. Li, the Lanzhou environmental official, claims rotting corpses have not affected the water quality of the Yellow River, but his assertions do not ring true.

FORBES: Now In China's Rivers: Decomposing Humans

The floodwaters are now a toxic stew of raw sewage, household and industrial chemicals, and the rotting corpses of the people and pets who drowned as the waters rose.

ECONOMIST: The fallout from Katrina | The

The smell of rotting corpses is everywhere.

BBC: Floods and landslides in Indonesia kill more than 100