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单词 haziness
释义
hazyhaz‧y /ˈheɪzi/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Greg's memory of the accident is a little hazy.
  • She had a hazy recollection of being carried out of the room.
  • Sunny but hazy weather is predicted for the weekend.
  • The details are still a little hazy.
  • The origins of the word are a little hazy.
  • The room was hazy with smoke.
  • The view to the west was hazy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After that she stood in a hazy dream, listening to the words that made them husband and wife.
  • For a few moments the clouds open and we lie in the heat of a hazy sun, our efforts justly rewarded.
  • In the distance over the autobahn it was becoming hazy.
  • It was a cold day, but a hazy sun kept breaking through.
  • Mercifully, this scene is set in some distant hazy future.
  • Temperatures again have been in the 80s, and the humidity makes the hills look hazy.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
with a lot of clouds: · The weather was cold and cloudy.· cloudy skies
(also gray American English) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions: · Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.
dark and completely covered with clouds: · a chilly overcast day
literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds: · Snow fell from a leaden sky.
dark and cloudy, in a depressing way: · The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.
with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use foggy especially about low-lying places: · a foggy day in London in November
with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains: · a cold misty morning
with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it: · hazy sunshine
Longman Language Activatornot easy to see clearly
· I'll try and read this, but the handwriting's pretty unclear.· The photos were not very clear.
a picture, shape, image etc that is faint is unclear because it is a long way away, there is not enough light, or it was very lightly drawn: · There were a few faint pencil lines on the page.faint outline: · On the wall you could see the faint outline of where a picture had once hung.
unclear so that only the general shape can be seen, and not small details: · Without my glasses, anything more than a few feet away looks blurred.· All I have to remind me of Albert are a few letters and a blurred photo.
a photograph, television picture etc that is fuzzy is not clear, and it is difficult to see separate edges and objects, often because there is something wrong with your equipment or with the way the pictures were taken: · Police have only a fuzzy videotape of the bank robbery.· a fuzzy snapshot
a view that is hazy is not clear because there is a slight mist caused by heat, smoke etc: · The view to the west was hazy.hazy with: · The room was hazy with smoke.
not exact
not exact, or not containing exact details: · He gave us a rough outline of the course.rough estimate/guess: · I've got a rough estimate here of what it might cost.rough idea: · She had a rough idea of where Harry lived, but she didn't know the exact street.
formal an approximate number, amount, or time is close to the true number, amount, or time but does not need to be completely correct: · Our approximate time of arrival will be 10.30.· Please state on the form the approximate value of all your household goods.
an explanation, promise, reason etc that is vague is not exact, but you think that it should be: · The doctor's vague explanations only increased Clara's fears.· I've only got a vague idea of what he wants for this project.be vague about (=explain something in a vague way): · Officials were vague about the number of weapons that were uncovered.
a hazy memory, understanding, idea etc is not clear and not exact: · She had a hazy recollection of being carried out of the room. · The details are still a little hazy.
: loose translation/interpretation/sense etc a record, explanation etc of something that includes parts that are not exactly like what was said, written, or decided originally: · This is only a loose translation of the original paper.· A looser interpretation of the law would lead to more convictions.
to remember something with difficulty
if you vaguely remember something, you can remember it slightly but not all the details are clear: · She still vaguely remembered her father, a distant figure who was barely ever there.vaguely remember that: · I do vaguely remember, now that Kerry mentions it, that Pete was at the party.vaguely remember what/how/who etc: · Bob, who'd been a vet in the army, vaguely remembered how to use a tourniquet.vaguely remember doing something: · He vaguely remembered meeting her in a club the night of the concert.
to be able to remember that something happened but not be able to remember the details clearly, especially because you did not notice the details at the time: · I do sort of remember meeting him, but I have only a hazy recollection.have a hazy/vague recollection of: · Davis claims he has only a vague recollection of the rape.have a hazy/vague recollection of doing something: · The next day she had a hazy recollection of getting drunk and dancing in a fountain.
if a name or word is on the tip of your tongue , you usually know it but have difficulty remembering it at the present moment: · His name's on the tip of my tongue. I'll think of it in a minute.· What was that place where they'd had dinner? It was on the tip of her tongue.
if something, especially a name, rings a bell , you remember that you have seen or heard it before but you are now not sure of the details: · The name rings a bell, but I can't place it at the moment.ring a bell with: · "Gentle Ben's Brewing Company" will ring a bell with anyone who has lived in Arizona.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=sunshine with air that is not clear because of mist etc)· Tomorrow morning it'll be dry with hazy sunshine.
1air that is hazy is not clear because there is a lot of smoke, dust, or mist in it:  hazy sunshine2an idea, memory etc that is hazy is not clear or exact SYN  vague:  My memories of the holiday are rather hazy.hazy about She was a little hazy about the details.hazily adverbhaziness noun [uncountable]
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