单词 | smoke-blackness |
释义 | > as lemmassmoke-blackness c. Due to, or caused by, smoke, as smoke-blackening adj., smoke-blackness n., smoke-burn n., smoke-mark n., smoke-nuisance n., smoke-smell n., etc. ΚΠ 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 386 Smoke nuisance in large towns. 1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxix. 56 Golden light and song..are better than smoke-blackness. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xiii. 136 Sniffing extraordinary smoke-smells which she discovered in all nooks and crannies of the rooms. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxxi. 237 Holding their candles aloft and reading the tangled web-work of names..with which the rocky walls [of the cave] had been frescoed (in candle smoke)... They made a smoke-mark for future guidance. 1936 Discovery Feb. 55/2 The semi-conical apartment at the east end was evidently a fire-chamber, as traces of smoke-blackening were found on stones that had fallen from the roof and had once surrounded a smoke-vent. 1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting ii. 141 He had very pale, almost white eyelashes, and a curious mark, like a smoke burn, across his forehead. < as lemmas |
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