| 单词 | water smoke |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater smoke water smoke n. (a) U.S. whitish smoke arising from a kiln during the first stage of firing bricks (during which moisture is driven off); (b) mist that rises from a body of water which is warmer than the cold air above it.In quot. 1847 perhaps instead: fine water spray, as around a waterfall. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > thick mist or fog > sea-fog haar1662 sea fog1796 water smoke1813 fret1842 water-eynd1883 1813 Arch. Useful Knowl. 3 406 In about three days and three nights, the top of the kiln must be examined, in order to see whether the fire is up, that is, whether it has reached the top of the kiln; if so, the smoke (called water smoke,) will change from a light to a black hue. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 153 Spill Their thousand wreaths of dangling water-smoke. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. 176 The Eynd, or watersmoke, as it is called in Norfolk, is a remarkable phenomenon, occurring mostly between spring and autumn, and with peculiar suddenness. 1892 Clay-Worker July 40/1 Previously we had always used wood to take off the water-smoke. 1922 Clay-worker May 552/1 When or shortly after the temperature has reached 300 degrees, or if one is working without a pyrometer, when the water-smoke from the stacks has become very thin. 2003 AMC Outdoors Mag. Oct. 28/2 In the pale light of pre-dawn, Shannon LeRoy paddles her kayak through the thick ‘water smoke’ hovering over Second Roach Pond. < as lemmas |
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