foggy
英 ['fɒgɪ]
美 ['fɔɡi]
中文詞源
英文詞源
- foggy (adj.)
- 1540s, of the air, "full of thick mist," perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog (n.1) + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," is from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a suggestion of political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
雙語例句
- 1. It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy.
- 現在是11月中旬,天氣寒冷而且經常有霧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The foggy streets were virtually empty, except for the occasional evening stroller.
- 除了偶爾一兩個傍晚出來散步的人,霧蒙蒙的街上空蕩蕩的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's quite foggy now.
- 現在霧很大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity.
- 在這種天氣條件下,霧蒙蒙的懸崖隱入廣漠無限之中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. When it's foggy, the trains are late as often as not.
- 霧大時, 火車往往晚點.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》