foggy
英 ['fɒgɪ]
美 ['fɔɡi]
中文词源
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy.
- 现在是11月中旬，天气寒冷而且经常有雾。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The foggy streets were virtually empty, except for the occasional evening stroller.
- 除了偶尔一两个傍晚出来散步的人，雾蒙蒙的街上空荡荡的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's quite foggy now.
- 现在雾很大。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity.
- 在这种天气条件下,雾蒙蒙的悬崖隐入广漠无限之中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. When it's foggy, the trains are late as often as not.
- 雾大时, 火车往往晚点.
来自《简明英汉词典》
