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单词 pea-souper
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pea-soupern.

Brit. /ˌpiːˈsuːpə/, U.S. /ˈpiˈsupər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pea soup n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < pea soup n. + -er suffix1. With sense 1 compare earlier pea-soup fog at pea soup n. 1b.
1. British colloquial. A dense, often yellowish fog or smog, usually associated with polluted urban areas.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > thick mist or fog > very thick fog
pea-soup fog1849
pea-souper1890
thick1936
1890 J. Payn Notes from ‘News’ 8 The fogs we have had this year have been made too much of... You could see something in them if you looked long enough, which is not the case of a genuine Peasouper.
1907 Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 4/4 A country cousin who wishes to see and breathe and mingle in a metropolitan pea-souper.
1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour v. 62 The coal-burning London of my childhood was undoubtedly foggier than the London of to-day: the legend of the pea-souper, like all legends, has roots in fact.
1973 H. Carvic Miss Seeton Sings (1974) 196 Fog had clamped down on Paris... The scene reminded Miss Seeton of the London pea-soupers of her childhood.
1995 Which? July 22/1 In the bad old days of the city pea-souper, air pollution was a real problem.
2. North American slang (derogatory). A French Canadian.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > French
French Canadian1698
coureur de bois1700
Canadien1727
Acadian French1741
Canadian French1755
habitant1789
Frenchy1829
Canuck1835
pea soup1866
pea-souper1930
Joe1963
1930 G. Williams Logger-talk 16 Pea-souper, a French Canadian.
1962 Maclean's 2 June 51/2 And then we can highstick those pea-soupers.
1968 P. C. Newman Distemper of our Times xix. 257 You're selling Canada to the pea-soupers!
1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Oct. a20/5 The Liberal leader didn't at all fit the despised pea-souper caricature most Quebeckers have been fed by the media for the past 10 years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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