单词 | smog |
释义 | smogn. 1. Fog intensified by smoke. Cf. photochemical smog n. at photochemical adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > thick mist or fog > fog mixed with smoke smog1905 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > bad air > specific smokiness1587 mephitism1801 smog1905 photochemical smog1957 vog1969 1905 Daily Graphic 26 July 10/2 In the engineering section of the Congress Dr. H. A. des Vœux, hon. treasurer of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, read a paper on ‘Fog and Smoke’. He said it required no science to see that there was something produced in great cities which was not found in the country, and that was smoky fog, or what was known as ‘smog’. 1905 Globe 27 July 3/5 The other day at a meeting of the Public Health Congress Dr. Des Vœux did a public service in coining a new word for the London fog, which was referred to as ‘smog’, a compound of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’. 1918 C. W. Saleeby Sci. National Kitchens 2 The hateful ‘smog’. 1921 Glasgow Herald 29 Nov. 6 It is said that Glasgow's ‘smog’ has declined in body and bouquet during the last few years. 1938 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 12 May 7 In the opinion of many medical authorities, ‘smog’ is the principal reason why Pittsburgh has the highest pneumonia death rate in the United States. 1950 Economist 25 Feb. 432/2 Smog is a problem, far from completely understood as yet, of air contamination not by smoke, but by the fumes and gases—sulphur compounds, chlorine and so on—given off by modern industrial processes such as oil refining, chemical manufacturing and metallurgy. 1955 Sci. Amer. May 63/3 At first it was thought that smoke, dust, sulfur dioxide and hydrofluoric acid were responsible for the smog [in Los Angeles], but soon it became clear that these known pollutants, in the concentrations measured on smoggy days, could not cause the physiological effects observed... It was then that A. J. Haagen-Smit..suggested that peroxides and ozonides of hydrocarbons were responsible for smog. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 479 Nor have they eliminated the unburned hydrocarbons which help produce the smog that blankets such a motor-ridden conurbation as Los Angeles. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places ii. 71 It was difficult to tell whether the sediment thickening the atmosphere was rain or sleet or smog. 2. figurative. A state or condition of obscurity or confusion; something designed to confuse or obscure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [noun] > source of confusion apposalc1470 graveller1674 poser1793 twister1835 nonplusser1845 smog1954 mind-boggler1969 confusable1979 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition obscurity1474 mist1532 cloud-lighta1536 indeterminateness1644 undistinction1647 indeterminacy1649 indistinction1651 undeterminateness1653 inestimability1678 undefinableness?1705 confusion1729 obnubilation1753 cloudiness1779 indistinctness1783 haze1790 haziness1796 vagueness1799 nebulosity1809 undefinednessa1832 undecidedness1897 indeterminism1928 fuzziness1973 smog1976 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 i. 54 Lord Reading..described it [sc. the Russian Note] in the House of Lords as 18 pages of ‘somewhat dismal and turgid “smog”’. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 1- a/1 When the political smog clears, Billings city government somehow continues to function. 1978 D. Bloodworth Crosstalk xxiv. 191 He hoped..Zoe's gift might pierce the gathering smog? Because things were getting tough, and the Russians were..accusing the Maoists of trying to flood Moscow with narcotics. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective. smog-bank n. ΚΠ 1975 Country Life 16 Jan. 130/2 Take a commuter jet from Los Angeles to San Francisco... You rise above the smog-bank. smog-burner n. ΚΠ 1961 Engineering 27 Jan. 175/3 The smog-burner is a mechanical rather than a chemical or catalytic device. smog mask n. ΚΠ 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 iv. 391 The year 1953 might well be remembered as the one in which ‘smog’ masks first appeared. 1979 Listener 5 July 6/1 Visiting journalists [to Tokyo]..were amazed to find they didn't have to wear smog-masks. smog producer n. ΚΠ 1951 Sun (Baltimore) (B ed.) 31 Dec. 14/2 More than a dozen Baltimore firms have been definitely albeit informally tagged as smog producers. C2. smog-bound adj. ΚΠ 1970 New Scientist 1 Jan. 8/3 Smogbound, noise-deafened, misanthropic Londoners..might be taking their high blood pressure with them. smog-free adj. ΚΠ 1959 News Chron. 19 June 4/3 The six-bedroom houses hardly get dirty in California's smog-free climate. 1981 Times 6 Aug. 7/7 Smog-free sunsets over the Indian Ocean. smog-producing adj. ΚΠ 1970 New Scientist 13 Aug. 324/1 Efforts to curb auto-pollution concern the directly poisonous or smog-producing colourless emissions of carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Derivatives smog v. North American colloquial transitive (a) with out, up: to cover or envelop in smog; (b) with in: to confine or imprison because of smog; frequently passive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [verb (transitive)] > with smog smog1966 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [verb (transitive)] > confine because of mist, fog, or smog sock1950 smog1966 1966 P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 14. 2 The era of the motor-car smogged up greenery. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 4/1 Mr. Lewis was ‘smogged in’ at Sudbury..and was unable to arrive in time for the Ottawa meeting. 1974 Sci. News 24 Aug. 136 Conventional geodesy depends on clear lines of sight, and in the Los Angeles basin these are often smogged out. smogged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > foggy > characterized or affected by smog smoggy1905 smogged1982 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Mid-Western ed.) 8 Dec. 12 Yet you can't do it because they have to meet the same pollution standards they do in heavily smogged areas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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