单词 | smoke-tight |
释义 | > as lemmassmoke-tight c. With adjectives, as smoke-dim adj., smoke-foul adj., smoke-like adj., smoke-proof adj., smoke-tight adj. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 98 We calked and pasted, and, so far as we could, made the ship smoke-tight. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 8 Skirted..with alder swamps and smoke-like maples. 1888 G. M. Hopkins Let. 1 May (1938) 145 I..dislike any town..for its bad and smokefoul air. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 7/2 One of the firemen donned a smoke-proof suit and helmet. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 71 You walk through the smoke-dim slums of Manchester. < as lemmas |
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