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单词 mist
释义
mist1 nounmist2 verb
mistmist1 /mɪst/ ●●○ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmist1
Origin:
Old English
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A light mist lay in the valley.
  • A murky mist of smog obscured the view of the city.
  • From Primrose Hill, London looked like a ruined city shrouded in mist.
  • The mist along the river banks had gone by mid morning.
  • Within seconds he had completely vanished in the mist.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • About half way through the fifty-kilometer journey, the Dolomites suddenly appeared as the mist lifted.
  • As Jack took a step towards the figure the mist suddenly cleared and the figure disappeared.
  • Daybreak A little mist hangs above the pond, which is still save for a single mallard paddling slowly back and forth.
  • Genius is Wordsworth peering down from Snowdon in the mist.
  • It was black under the trees and a white mist of dislodged snow hung close to the ground.
  • Junior standing ready in a glowing shroud of mist.
  • The mist had curdled to a fog which muffled the street-lamps and reduced visibility to thirty or forty yards.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a white or grey mass in the sky that forms from very small drops of water: · The storm was still a way off but black clouds were gathering.· Thick cloud obscured the top of the hill.
noun [countable, uncountable] very thick cloud near the ground which is difficult to see through: · The cars crashed into each other in thick fog.· The fog had lifted (=disappeared)slightly.
noun [countable, uncountable] light cloud near the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far. Mist is usually not as thick as fog. You often get mist near areas of water or mountains: · The morning mist was lifting and the sun was coming up.· A grey mist hung over the water.· The hills were shrouded in mist (=surrounded by mist).
noun [singular, uncountable] smoke, dust, or mist in the air which is difficult to see through: · He saw the horses coming towards him through a haze of dust.· The road shimmered in the heat haze.· A pale blue haze hung over the far-off mountains.
noun [countable, uncountable] dirty air that looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, caused by smoke from cars and factories in cities: · The city is covered in smog for much of the year.· A smog warning was issued for parts of Southern Oregon.
noun [countable] a large dark cloud that you see before or during a storm: · He watched the thunderclouds roll across the valley.
British English, vapor trail American English noun [countable] the white line that is left in the sky by a plane: · High overhead, a jet left its vapour trail across the blue sky.
Longman Language Activatorto be covered with something
if something is covered in , with , or by something, it has that substance lying all over the top of it or spread all over it: · The ground was covered with snow.· Look at your clothes! They're covered in mud.· His face was covered by a thick black beard with tiny flecks of gray in it.
if an object is coated in or is coated with a liquid or soft substance, it has a layer of that substance all over its surface: · Serve the chicken with new potatoes coated in butter.
especially written to be covered with something thick and hard that is difficult to remove: · He took off his gloves, which were deeply encrusted with dirt.mud/dirt/blood etc encrusted (=covered with mud, dirt, blood etc): · Evan reached into the pocket of his mud-encrusted jacket and drew out a map.
to be covered thickly with something such as mud, especially in a way that looks unpleasant: · He looked at his garden tools, old and plastered with mud.· Her face was plastered in make-up.
to be covered with something thick and hard, especially mud: · The children were caked in mud from head to toe.· When the police found him, his shoes were missing and his hands were caked with dried blood.
be covered and hidden in mist etc -- used especially in literature: · I looked back, but the shore was shrouded in mist.
cloudy
if the weather is cloudy , there are a lot of clouds in the sky: · You can still get sunburnt on a cloudy day.
if the weather is dull , it is cloudy and there is no sunshine: · It will be dry but dull this morning, with the possibility of showers later in the day.
also gray American especially written cloudy and not at all bright: · It was a grey winter morning.
if the sky is overcast , it is very cloudy and dark, and there will probably be rain: · The sky was overcast, and a light rain began to fall.
a white or grey mass in the sky that rain falls from: · There wasn't a single cloud in the sky.thick/dense cloud: · Dense cloud prevented the rescue helicopter from taking off.
thick cloudy air near the ground that is very difficult to see through: the fog: · I could just make out a dim figure coming towards me in the fog.patch of fog: · Watch out for patches of fog in low-lying areas.thick/dense fog: · Dense fog is making driving conditions difficult on many roads.the fog lifts/clears (=it goes away): · The fog has almost cleared - our plane will be able to take off soon
wet light cloud near the ground, which is difficult to see through clearly: · A light mist lay in the valley.· The mist along the river banks had gone by mid-morning.shrouded/veiled in mist (=be covered in mist): · From Primrose Hill, London looked like a ruined city shrouded in mist.
WORD SETS
backwater, nounbank, nounbank, verbbare, adjectivebarrier reef, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbeck, nounbelt, nounbillow, nounbiting, adjectivebitter, adjectiveblack ice, nounblast, nounblazing, adjectivebleach, verbblizzard, nounblow, verbblowy, adjectivebluff, nounbluster, verbblustery, adjectivebog, nounboiling, adjectiveboulder, nounbracing, adjectivebreaker, nounbreeze, nounbreezy, adjectivebrook, nounbrush, nounbrushwood, nounburn, nounbutte, nouncanyon, nouncascade, nouncataract, nouncave, nouncavern, nounchange, verbchasm, nounchoppy, adjectiveclap, nounclear, verbclement, adjectivecliff, nouncloud, nouncloudburst, nouncloudy, adjectivecoast, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncone, nouncopse, nouncountry, nouncranny, nouncrater, nouncreation, nouncreep, verbcrisp, adjectivecrosswind, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundale, noundell, noundense, adjectivedew, noundewdrop, noundewfall, noundewy, adjectivedisgorge, verbdog days, noundownpour, noundownriver, adverbdownstream, adverbdownwind, adverbdrift, verbdrift, noundriftwood, noundrizzle, noundrop, verbdrop, noundrought, noundry, adjectivedry land, noundull, adjectivedune, nounduster, noundust storm, nouneast, adjectiveeddy, nounelectrical storm, nounequable, adjectiveeye, nounface, nounfail, verbfair, adjectivefall, nounfell, nounfen, nounfield, nounfierce, adjectivefiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood, verbflood, nounflood tide, nounflotsam, nounflow, nounflow, verbflower, nounflurry, nounfog, nounfogbound, adjectivefoggy, adjectivefoothill, nounfoothold, nounford, nounforeshore, nounforest, nounfoul, adjectivefreak, adjectivefreeze, nounfresh, adjectivefreshen, verbfreshwater, adjectivefrost, nounfury, noungale, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungentle, adjectivegeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglen, noungnarled, adjectivegrassy, adjectivegreen, adjectivegreenery, nounground, nounground level, noungulley, noungully, noungust, noungust, verbgusty, adjectivehail, nounhailstone, nounhailstorm, nounhaze, nounheadwind, nounheath, nounheather, nounheat wave, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhill, nounhillock, nounhillside, nounhill station, nounhilly, adjectivehoarfrost, nounhot spring, nounhummock, nounhurricane, nounice, nouniceberg, nounice cap, nouninclement, adjectiveincline, nounIndian summer, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninshore, adverbisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounjetsam, nounjungle, nounknoll, nounlake, nounlakeside, adjectiveledge, nounlightning, nounlip, nounloch, nounlough, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounmarshland, nounmeadow, nounmere, nounmild, adjectivemillpond, nounmire, nounmist, nounmisty, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmonsoon, nounmoonless, adjectivemoor, nounmoorland, nounMother Nature, nounmound, nounmountain, nounmountainous, adjectivemountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudflat, nounmull, nounmurmur, verbmurmur, nounnarrows, nounnestle, verbnew moon, nounnook, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectivenotch, nounoasis, nounonshore, adjectiveooze, nounoutcrop, nounovercast, adjectiveozone, nounpack ice, nounpalisade, nounpanorama, nounparch, verbparched, adjectivepass, nounpatchy, adjectivepeak, nounpeal, nounpeasouper, nounpebble, nounpelt, verbpenumbra, nounperishing, adjectivepinewood, nounpinnacle, nounpitiless, adjectivepond, nounpour, verbprecipice, nounprospect, nounpuddle, nounquicksand, nounradiate, verbraging, adjectiverain, nounrainbow, nounrain drop, nounrainfall, nounrainstorm, nounrainwater, nounrainy, adjectiverange, nounrapids, nounrarefied, adjectiveravine, nounraw, adjectiverecede, verbreedy, adjectivereef, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrime, nounrise, verbrise, nounrock, nounrocky, adjectiveroll, verbrolling, adjectiverough, adjectiverural, adjectivescenery, nounscud, verbsea breeze, nounsea mist, nounset, verbshore, nounsky, nounslope, nounsludge, nounsnow, nounsnowbound, adjectivesnow-capped, adjectivesnowdrift, nounsnowfall, nounsnowflake, nounsnowstorm, nounsnowy, adjectivesouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheaster, nounsoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivespinney, nounspring, nounstream, nounsullen, adjectivesultry, adjectivesummer, nounsummit, nounsun, nounsundown, nounsun-drenched, adjectivesunrise, nounsunset, nounsunshine, nounswamp, nounsweep, verbswollen, adjectivetempestuous, adjectivethaw, verbthaw, nounthicket, nounthin, adjectivethunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetide, nountreeless, adjectivetree-lined, adjectivetrough, nounturf, nountussock, nountwilight, nounvale, nounvalley, nounverdant, adjectivevisibility, nounvoid, nounwashout, nounwater, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterside, nounwaterspout, nounwax, verbwest, adjectivewest, adverbwestbound, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwet, adjectivewhirlpool, nounwhirlwind, nounwhite horses, nounwhitewater, nounwild, adjectivewill o' the wisp, nounwind, nounwindstorm, nounwindswept, adjectivewindy, adjectivewood, nounwooded, adjectivewoodland, nounwoodsy, adjectivewoody, adjectivezephyr, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(also be shrouded in mist literary)· The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist.
(=comes to a place)· The mist came down like a curtain.
(=moves along to a place)· A mist began to roll in off the sea.
(=goes away)· The mountains suddenly appeared as the mist lifted.
(=moves in circles)· The boat disappeared into the swirling mist.
(=stays in a place)· A thick mist lay on the hills.
(=moves slightly)· A mist drifted over the marsh.
(=comes up from something such as water)· I could see the mist rising from the river.
(=covers something so that you cannot see it)· Mist obscured the ships in the harbor.
(=stop being seen because of the mist)· He passed me on the trail and disappeared into the mist.
(also emerge from the mist)· Suddenly my commanding officer appeared out of the mist.
(=start being seen in a way that is not clear, because the mist still covers it slightly)· Here and there trees loomed out of the mist.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mist
· A fine mist began to settle on the water.
· Outside, a heavy mist obscured everything.
· The sun broke through the morning mist.
· The field looked magical in the autumn mist.
· Alice sailed into a small patch of sea mist.
phrases
(=an amount of mist that prevents you seeing something clearly)· We looked up, through the veil of mist, at the waterfall.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· the warmth of the morning sun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog.· Soon the early mist would dampen them along the horizon, then put them out one by one.· There was an early morning mist rising from the fens.· Jekub was twenty feet away, vibrating gently in the early morning mist.· The early mist cleared to a fine October day, and there was a little wind from the southwest.· Strands of early morning mist still clung to the hollows as the sun tried to break through the patchy cloudscape.
· We tie up the boats and wade up the creek towards it, enveloped in a wind of fine mist.· It was, in fact, a fine mist of spray still being ripped from the sea by the gale.· Tritium has a higher freezing point than water and so could condense into a fine mist indistinguishable from normal fog.· With each whap, Louise was sprayed with a fine salt mist.· The fine mist at the edges of the room seemed to be drifting closer, enveloping her in its clinging tendrils.· Sometimes a fine and fluid mist filled the forest.
· There was only chill grey mist, and sooty buildings vanishing some two floors up.· Through this grey mist came fluttering a small shore bird.· The spell was broken one day by a particularly stubborn fisherman who used clubs to beat his way through the grey mist.· The biting wind drove the snow before it, so that the whole dale seemed to be lost in a grey mist.· Her family and friends were obscured by a grey mist and the aisle had been never-ending.· The sky was grey, and mist clung to the tops of the cliffs.· The water was covered with a film of ice whilst above it a grey mist boiled.
· She woke in the early dawn and peered around her blearily through the heavy mist that filled the wood.· The sun was coming up, or had already come up, and the heavy mists wore a pearlescent glow.· At 03.50 on the first day of the attack, 12 infantry divisions went forward in heavy mist.· The heavy mist rarely lifted but closed in like a cold, clinging cloud around us.· A heavy mist had fallen, drowning the countryside in its white vapour and making Royston Manor even more sinister.· On the high ground, the soldiers were shrouded in a heavy mist, suiting their purpose perfectly.· Next morning a heavy mist had blown in, covering the land with a blanket of gloomy silence.
· Then the red mists cleared and she sank to her knees, picking up the pieces, moaning softly.· Violence suddenly seemed to colour the air between them, a red mist igniting.· She tried to blink the red mist from her eyes, failed, and toppled backwards out of the image field.· The scenes surge back overlaid with a red mist not there when I dreamed.· He saw everything through a red mist.· A towering red mist hung over them where the brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment.
· It was as if Lucie's pride had been purged away by standing in that vat of swirling morning mist.· They moved on, down the cathedral-like space, soaring columns that dwarfed them disappearing into the swirling mist.· Or was it just the swirling mist playing tricks on his eyes?
· Then, as he climbed higher, a thick, damp mist came down and covered everything.· A thick mist lay on the lake, giving it a look of vastness.· But each of you, in his own way, is thick in that mist.· There was a thick mist lying on the track which ran through flat, tedious marshland.· Unfortunately, the thick mist made their work more difficult.· A thick sea mist had rolled in, obscuring most of the priory buildings.· Although thick mist persisted so air reconnaissance was ineffective, Plumer's initial thrust was made at 05.40 on 20 September.· The valley below the adventurers is hidden by a layer of thick mist that seems almost to glow.
· A white mist obscured the view, gave the high-rise buildings a ghostly look.· Within moments of setting off, she was lost from view, swallowed up in the white mist.· It was black under the trees and a white mist of dislodged snow hung close to the ground.· Delgard breathed in the frosty air and expelled a white mist as if it were an escaping soul.· There was low cloud, white drifts of mist close down on the ice.· When they reached the farm Cara looked up and to her pleasure observed a white mist obscuring the top of the fells.
NOUN
· The rhetoric of internationalism faded like morning mist before the sun of reality.· Presently the harbor itself became visible across the central Oahu plain, a film of morning mist hovering over it.· It was as if Lucie's pride had been purged away by standing in that vat of swirling morning mist.· He could still envision Grover, the morning mist, the taxi door slamming.· The empire was dissolving like a morning mist.· Then she saw him look across at her and smile, and all her uncertainties vanished like morning mist before the sun.· There were still some drops on the leaves from the morning mist.· The village was lit by a swathe of sunlight which cut through the morning mist.
· But then the ship idled there for hours, in its own sea mist of impatience and anxiety.· A thick sea mist had rolled in, obscuring most of the priory buildings.· The air is sticky with a varnish of sea mist.· A sea mist far out kept the lighthouse foghorn blaring.· It's very versatile, and will keep out the sea mist on our holiday in Cornwall in a few weeks.
VERB
· We set off, with our rucksacks, and half way up the farmhouse had disappeared into the mist.· They appeared and disappeared in the mist and were too far away to have seen us.· They moved on, down the cathedral-like space, soaring columns that dwarfed them disappearing into the swirling mist.· The party disappeared into the mists of history after 1860.· Without even waiting to see her fall he turned and ran, disappearing into the mist.· My knees appeared and disappeared in the mists rising from the tub.· I looked down; the hooves seemed to be disappearing into a little mist which rose up everywhere around us.
· All of them with a tap root deep in history and branches lost in mysterious mist.· And, for some reason lost in the mists of time, we need to do that.· The biting wind drove the snow before it, so that the whole dale seemed to be lost in a grey mist.· What actually transpired upon the outbreak of the Civil War is lost in the mists of time it would seem.
· Instead, because I know it is cool dampness on rising mists through brilliant foliage, it looks very soothing and friendly.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • And, for some reason lost in the mists of time, we need to do that.
  • What actually transpired upon the outbreak of the Civil War is lost in the mists of time it would seem.
► see something through a mist of tearsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
  • Whose light retires behind its veil of cloud.
1[countable, uncountable] a light cloud low over the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far → fog:  We could just see the outline of the house through the mist. He vanished into the mist. The hills were shrouded in mist (=covered in mist, so that you could not see them). The mist came down off the mountains. The mists rolled in off the sea (=came on to the land from the sea)2lost in the mists of time if something such as a fact or secret is lost in the mists of time, no one remembers it because it happened so long ago:  The real reasons for the war are now lost in the mists of time.3see something through a mist of tears literary to see something while you are cryingCOLLOCATIONSverbsbe covered in mist (also be shrouded in mist literary)· The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist.a mist comes down/in (=comes to a place)· The mist came down like a curtain.a mist rolls in (=moves along to a place)· A mist began to roll in off the sea.the mist clears/lifts (=goes away)· The mountains suddenly appeared as the mist lifted.mist swirls (=moves in circles)· The boat disappeared into the swirling mist.a mist hangs/lies somewhere (=stays in a place)· A thick mist lay on the hills.a mist drifts (=moves slightly)· A mist drifted over the marsh.a mist rises (=comes up from something such as water)· I could see the mist rising from the river.a mist obscures/hides something (=covers something so that you cannot see it)· Mist obscured the ships in the harbor.disappear/vanish into the mist (=stop being seen because of the mist)· He passed me on the trail and disappeared into the mist.appear out of the mist (also emerge from the mist)· Suddenly my commanding officer appeared out of the mist.loom out of the mist (=start being seen in a way that is not clear, because the mist still covers it slightly)· Here and there trees loomed out of the mist.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mista fine/light mist· A fine mist began to settle on the water.a thick/heavy mist· Outside, a heavy mist obscured everything.the morning/evening mist· The sun broke through the morning mist.autumn mist(s)· The field looked magical in the autumn mist.a sea mist· Alice sailed into a small patch of sea mist.phrasesa veil/curtain of mist (=an amount of mist that prevents you seeing something clearly)· We looked up, through the veil of mist, at the waterfall.
mist1 nounmist2 verb
mistmist2 verb Verb Table
VERB TABLE
mist
Simple Form
Presentitmists
Pastitmisted
Present perfectithas misted
Past perfectithad misted
Futureitwill mist
Future perfectitwill have misted
Continuous Form
Presentitis misting
Pastitwas misting
Present perfectithas been misting
Past perfectithad been misting
Futureitwill be misting
Future perfectitwill have been misting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Mist the plant daily to keep it moist.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Cafe curtains misted the kitchen-side windows.
  • His breath misted the cold glass and he turned away, indifferent to others' arguments.
  • I n the United States the hot breath of corruption is misting up the mirror of democratic politics.
  • Sweat from the washing-up misted her forehead and nose.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· the warmth of the morning sun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· There seemed to be something happening; his vision was misting over.· His vision misted over and he could no longer see.· Her head sank on to her chin and a kind of blank look misted over her eyes.
· I n the United States the hot breath of corruption is misting up the mirror of democratic politics.· Placing the Optima beside the bed, that night Douglas's own watch misted up and stopped!· Our speed built up rapidly and the inside of my cockpit started to mist up.· I blow out so hard that I mist up the windscreen.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
  • Whose light retires behind its veil of cloud.
 [transitive] to cover something with very small drops of liquid in order to keep it wet:  The plant has to be misted every day.mist over phrasal verb1if someone’s eyes mist over, they become filled with tears:  His eyes misted over at the memory of his wife.2to mist upmist up phrasal verb if a piece of glass mists up, or if something mists it up, it becomes covered with very small drops of water so that you cannot see through itmist something ↔ up I can’t see where I’m going with the windows all misted up like this.
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