单词 | red fog |
释义 | † red fogn.1 Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Any of several types of red grass or moss. Cf. fog n.1 2. ΚΠ 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 233 Take a quantity of Lady-wrack, and half as much of Red-Fog, and boil them in water. 1729 W. Mackintosh Ess. on Inclosing Scotl. 63 It is seven or more Years before the red Fog, or the Moles throwing up, indicate. 1827 Gardener's Mag. July 458 The man that would seriously use red fog and common sorrel, when discussing a subject scientifically, can have had no botanical experience. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2019). red fogn.2 Now rare. 1. A reddish sea haze resulting from the presence of sand or dust in the air. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-cloud or sand-cloud red fog1828 brickfielder1829 sand-cloud1852 sea-dust1879 sirocco-dust1879 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze > due to presence of dust red fog1828 calina1887 the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > cloud of > from dried rivers or lakes red fog1828 sea-dust1879 sirocco-dust1879 1828 F. R. de Chateaubriand Trav. Amer. & Italy I. 191 We passed a very uncomfortable night..on a peninsula formed by swamps: the moon and all objects were enveloped in a red fog. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) vi. §322 Seamen tell us of ‘red fogs’ which they sometimes encounter. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 266/1 The dust or sand..may descend again..in the form of ‘red-fog’, ‘sea-dust’, or ‘sirocco-dust’. 1954 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 20 Feb. 1/4 A ‘red fog’ was borne into Alton this morning by a south-west wind. 1997 W. Smith Birds of Prey 2003 546 He saw..the snaking regiments of foot-soldiers winding through the red fog like dying serpents. 2. Photography. A reddish deposit clouding a photographic negative or print. See fog n.2 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [noun] > indistinctness veil1853 fogging1854 fog1856 halation1859 veiling1864 red fog1873 light fog1880 fuzz1889 soft focus1919 graininess1921 irradiation1924 unsharpness1961 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts i. 254 A deposit of red fog will take place. 1909 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 13 543 He explains the tendency of the dichroic fog (red fog) to precipitate chiefly on the unexposed portions of the plate as follows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11703n.21828 |
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