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mist

/mist/US // mɪst //UK // (mɪst) //

迷雾,雾,水雾,雾气

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
    • : a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a mist of perfume onto her handkerchief.
    • : something that dims, obscures, or blurs: the mist of ignorance.
    • : a haze before the eyes that dims the vision: a mist of tears.
    • : a suspension of a liquid in a gas.
    • : a drink of liquor served over cracked ice.
    • : a fine spray produced by a vaporizer to add moisture to the air for breathing.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become misty.
    • : to rain in very fine drops; drizzle: It was misting when they went out for lunch.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make misty.
    • : to spray with a finely diffused jet of water, as a means of replacing lost moisture.

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Examples

  • Fine mist drips from the crowns of evergreens, through the mosses and down into a layer of fragrant duff that shelters an ecosystem of mycelium, bacterial decomposers, and insect aerators.

  • It comes with ten soothing essential oils, including lavender and jasmine, along with an adjustable mist setting.

  • To operate, you pump the sprayer to release a fine mist, which helps spread the oil evenly on your food.

  • When you exercise, sweat doesn’t only accumulate on your skin, but it also flies everywhere—think about the fine mist you release every time you swing a kettlebell.

  • So regions prone to frequent fog and mist — such as San Francisco Bay, mountains or the Arctic — tend to have more fogbows.

  • In this valley so far away from Syria, questions loom like mist drifting off the Caucasus.

  • The Spire, like most fountains, has the basics -- Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Brisk Iced Tea and SoBe Lifewater.

  • A morning mist hung over everything, clearing occasionally to reveal lone fishermen.

  • E-cigarettes have never been studied, but inhaling really hot mist into the lung probably will have consequences.

  • Until 20 minutes before, the mist had completely obscured whatever stood across the plaza at the 9/11 Memorial.

  • She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.

  • Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.

  • For a moment there seemed a sudden light before her eyes, and then a dark mist; in another she recovered herself.

  • I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

  • A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields.