• n. 煙霧

來自 smoke 和 fog 的合成詞，用以指倫敦曾經(jīng)濃煙籠罩的情形。

smog (n.)

1905, blend of smoke and fog, formed "after Lewis Carrol's example" [Klein; see portmanteau]. Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there in a paper read by Dr. H.A. des Voeux, treasurer of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, though he seems not to have claimed credit for coining it.

At a recent health congress in London, a member used a new term to indicate a frequent London condition, the black fog, which is not unknown in other large cities and which has been the cause of a great deal of bad language in the past. The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke fog "smog" -- and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular. ["Journal of the American Medical Association," Aug. 26, 1905]

Smaze (with haze (n.)) is from 1953.

1. Cars cause pollution, both smog and acid rain.

汽車造成的污染既有煙霧也有酸雨。

來自柯林斯例句

2. attempts to reduce smog caused by traffic fumes

旨在降低車輛尾氣造成的煙霧的措施

來自《權威詞典》

3. The sky over the city was overspread with a heavy smog.

城市上空罩上了一層煙霧.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The river appeared as if enveloped in smog.

那條河好像籠罩在煙霧之中.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. This system is approved in California for local smog - station installation.

這種系統(tǒng)已通過了加利福尼亞州城市煙霧站的鑒定.

來自辭典例句