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fog

/fog, fawg/US // fɒg, fɔg //UK // (fɒɡ) //

雾,雾化,雾气,雾霾

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
    • : any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.
    • : a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze; stupor: The survivors were in a fog for days after the catastrophe.
    • : Photography. a hazy effect on a developed negative or positive, caused by light other than that forming the image, by improper handling during development, or by the use of excessively old film.
    • : Physical Chemistry. a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.
v.有主动词 verb
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    fogged, fog·ging.

    • : to cover or envelop with or as if with fog: The steam in the room fogged his glasses.
    • : to confuse or obscure: The debate did little else but fog the issue.
    • : to bewilder or perplex: to fog the mind.
    • : Photography. to produce fog on.
v.无主动词 verb
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    fogged, fog·ging.

    • : to become enveloped or obscured with or as if with fog.
    • : Photography. to become affected by fog.

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Examples

  • It marks a new beginning, escorts us through our mental fog, and gets us safely into the next phase of our day.

  • The fog of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues to loom — and now that sense of foreboding unknown is starting to affect the norms of fall marketing.

  • This might explain why stepping outside on a bright sunny day helps clear the fog from your head.

  • There I was high enough up to have fog both above and below me.

  • That’s because if you’re near fog, you’re probably inside it.

  • The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.

  • Dawn was rising on November 24, 1964, and there was a slight fog but otherwise clear visibility.

  • A fog of conspiracy—of logic against logic, as Orwell put it—has descended on every major event in the war.

  • Although some groups, through the thick fog of tear gas, pepper spray and smoke that hung over the city, still lingered.

  • So we changed that into a fog machine blast right before I go on.

  • The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.

  • The huge sail thrust its yard high above the fog bank, and watchers on the river side saw it.

  • On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.

  • If there be no facilities for stopping for the night, a driver is not negligent should he proceed through the fog.

  • The sand hung in fog-like clouds shrouding the sun, dimming the usual brilliance.