| 单词 | thick o' fog |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to be) thick o' fog a. Of mist, fog, smoke, etc.: Having the component particles densely aggregated, so as to intercept or hinder vision. Hence of the weather, etc.: Characterized by mist or haze; foggy, misty. Also dialect or colloquial in (to be) thick o' fog. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > dense or dark (of mist, fog, or weather) thicka1000 murk1609 gross1785 greasya1825 troubled1855 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > foggy foggyc1487 moky1706 rouky1808 brumous1849 softish1855 smudgy1870 (to be) thick o' fog1935 a1000 Boeth. Metr. v. 6 Se þicca mist þynra weorðe. a1000 Boeth. Metr. xx. 264 Todrif þone þiccan [mist]. c1000 Ælfric Exodus xix. 16 Ligetta & þunor & þicce genip [L. nubes densissima] oferwreh þone munt. c1290 St. Michael 621 in S. Eng. Leg. 317 Þanne freost þe þicke Myst, and cleouez an heiȝ on þe treo. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 400 Or ellis was the aire so thikke That y ne myght not discerne. c1400 Song Roland 848 Thik, and clowdy, and evyll wedur thene. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 211 Like to a thick smoke ascending out of a great fire which would dim the eies. 1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) II. 328 The fogge..was so thicke, that we could not see two ships length before us. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 18 The Weather proving thick and hazy. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. x. 290 The horizon was so thick that the vessels ahead were no longer to be seen. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 128 A very dull, dark thick morning... Still, no rain. 1935 ‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas ii. 19 Thick o' fog—can't see whaleback. 1972 E. Staebler Cape Breton Harbour xvii. 148 We wanted to go back next day but thought we better wait till it was thick-a-fog and nobody'd see us. < as lemmas |
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