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单词 foggy
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Definition of foggy in English:

foggy

adjectivefoggiest, foggier ˈfɒɡi
  • 1Full of or characterized by fog.

    a dark and foggy night
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If outdoors, a cloudy-bright or even foggy day is best.
    • Further, the weather there is often foggy and skies are cloudy.
    • He'd seen her through the crowds that foggy morn, and saw nothing but a pale black shadow.
    • It was still foggy and dark enough that no one could have spotted her.
    • Like the foggy cloud soaked fields, I am infected with hope.
    • The clouds still hovered above us, and it was quite foggy outside.
    • The foggy mist made it hard to see even their hands at their sides.
    • The room was cold and foggy, and it was difficult to see clearly.
    • December 15th was a cold foggy morning in Plymouth.
    • The trio set off across the foggy moors of Innswich towards the long shadows of the town.
    • I glanced around at the path in front and around me, everything foggy and unclear.
    • Cloudy or foggy days demand extra attention; without the low sun angle, all directions seem similar.
    • The Loch Ard was an iron clipper that sailed into the Strait one foggy night in 1878.
    • But I refused to listen to him, and marched down the dark, foggy path.
    • No more winters with snow, frost and cold foggy weather.
    • Big tall buildings surrounded her; it was gray, and a little foggy.
    • When night falls, it becomes extremely foggy, so they take shelter in a cove.
    • It was a quiet, dark night, foggy and drizzling with rain.
    • His eyes were still foggy with sleep and his hair was tousled.
    • The air was slightly foggy and it was hot in the house.
    Synonyms
    misty, smoggy, hazy, overcast, murky, gloomy, grey, dark, dim, dingy, dull
    smoky, steamy
    informal soupy
    British informal fuggy
  • 2Unable to think clearly; confused.

    she was foggy with sleep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I nearly jumped out of my skin at that, my mind foggy and hazy.
    • The next day I woke up groggily, my brain and eyes still foggy from sleep.
    • William's brisk tone went a long ways toward clearing up Drake's foggy mind and fuzzy senses.
    • Her mind was just so foggy, her body so alive with pain.
    • My mind is foggy, my head achy and my eyelids drooping.
    • Lilatte didn't quite wake - her mind was still foggy, and she quickly drifted back into deep sleep.
    • It gives me a headache and makes me feel foggy and confused for the rest of the day.
    • My mind is foggy right now, and I can't remember the exact order of things, so I'll skip to the Shino part.
    • My mind was foggy and my body was numb and aching from the cold.
    • My foggy mind clouded my thoughts, the heavy music returning, making me feel dizzy as my head pounded.
    • Her head felt heavy and foggy as she lay down to sleep.
    • She nearly fell in her decent; her mind mixed in a foggy, blurry, confused mess as she stumbled into the cave.
    • His head was still a little foggy with the dream he'd been having.
    • He tried to look into his foggy mind to see if he could remember anything or anyone, the only thing he could remember is some guy's fist slamming into his face.
    Synonyms
    muddled, fuddled, befuddled, confused, bewildered, dazed, stupefied, numb, numbed, benumbed, groggy, fuzzy, bleary
    dark, dim, hazy, shadowy, cloudy, clouded, blurred, obscure, remote, vague, indistinct, unclear
    informal dopey, woolly, muzzy, woozy, out of it
    archaic blear
    1. 2.1 Indistinctly expressed or remembered; obscure.
      my memories of the event are foggy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All was foggy, obscure, clotted over and Lia backed against the wall, drew her knees to her chest and took in a deep breath.
      • He claims to be a servant of the Master, a shadowy figure with even more foggy notions.
      • The effects look hazy, foggy and unreal, not sharp and distinct.
      • Contrary to public belief, however, he could not see his reflection amongst its depths; only a few blurred, foggy outlines.
      • While this is not always true, it does exist here and it adds another layer of foggy, depersonalized confusion as to who and watch we are watching.
      • The next few moments were a haze and Althio could not really remember the events that followed, it was somewhat foggy to him.
      • And I mean seriously: foggy thoughts, prolonged bouts of amnesia and constant confusion.
      • She was drifting, drifting… her thoughts becoming foggy and vague…
      • My plans for the night were still a bit foggy.

Phrases

  • not have the foggiest (idea or notion)

    • informal Have no idea at all.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And they still don't have the foggiest idea what the church is.
      • "You haven't the foggiest idea what fascism is, " I said.
      • We haven't the foggiest notion of what is actually going on in some of those places.
      • I have completed many such assignments now and still don't have the foggiest idea what Neurocam is.
      • But I haven't the foggiest idea what a tuna salad should look like.
      • The average consumer doesn't have the foggiest idea of what these numbers mean.
      • They don't have the foggiest idea what they're doing, and they don't care.
      • I really didn't have the foggiest idea how long it would take to be solved, but I think a year is a good time.
      • Not that I know - I don't have the foggiest idea of who is out there.

Derivatives

  • foggily

  • adverb ˈfɒɡɪli
    • She's really so beautiful when she's smiling, she thought foggily.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘I've always been here,’ she murmured foggily, pressing a hand to her forehead.
      • Biospheric play has foggily brought forth a bigger ‘us’ to be sweet friends.
      • Sunday began very foggily but it lifted slowly while I was on the station waiting for the train.
      • She rubbed her forehead foggily, trying to get her bearings.
  • fogginess

  • noun ˈfɒɡɪnəsˈfɔɡinəs
    • She shook her head to clear the sleepy, fogginess in her head that matched what she had been pulled through.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the fogginess had disappeared he looked around.
      • Even a two percent loss of our body's fluid content can cause mental fogginess.
      • The past is so distant, shrouded with the mists of heartbreak and the fogginess of time.
      • London is one undistinguished mass of soot and fogginess.

Origin

Late 15th century: perhaps from fog2.

Rhymes

boggy, cloggy, doggy, froggy, groggy, moggie, smoggy, soggy
 
 

Definition of foggy in US English:

foggy

adjective
  • 1Full of or accompanied by fog.

    a dark and foggy night
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The clouds still hovered above us, and it was quite foggy outside.
    • The foggy mist made it hard to see even their hands at their sides.
    • When night falls, it becomes extremely foggy, so they take shelter in a cove.
    • The Loch Ard was an iron clipper that sailed into the Strait one foggy night in 1878.
    • No more winters with snow, frost and cold foggy weather.
    • The trio set off across the foggy moors of Innswich towards the long shadows of the town.
    • Like the foggy cloud soaked fields, I am infected with hope.
    • If outdoors, a cloudy-bright or even foggy day is best.
    • Big tall buildings surrounded her; it was gray, and a little foggy.
    • The air was slightly foggy and it was hot in the house.
    • But I refused to listen to him, and marched down the dark, foggy path.
    • It was still foggy and dark enough that no one could have spotted her.
    • I glanced around at the path in front and around me, everything foggy and unclear.
    • It was a quiet, dark night, foggy and drizzling with rain.
    • Further, the weather there is often foggy and skies are cloudy.
    • The room was cold and foggy, and it was difficult to see clearly.
    • Cloudy or foggy days demand extra attention; without the low sun angle, all directions seem similar.
    • He'd seen her through the crowds that foggy morn, and saw nothing but a pale black shadow.
    • His eyes were still foggy with sleep and his hair was tousled.
    • December 15th was a cold foggy morning in Plymouth.
    Synonyms
    misty, smoggy, hazy, overcast, murky, gloomy, grey, dark, dim, dingy, dull
    1. 1.1 Unable to think clearly; confused.
      she was foggy with sleep
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her head felt heavy and foggy as she lay down to sleep.
      • My mind is foggy, my head achy and my eyelids drooping.
      • William's brisk tone went a long ways toward clearing up Drake's foggy mind and fuzzy senses.
      • Lilatte didn't quite wake - her mind was still foggy, and she quickly drifted back into deep sleep.
      • My foggy mind clouded my thoughts, the heavy music returning, making me feel dizzy as my head pounded.
      • He tried to look into his foggy mind to see if he could remember anything or anyone, the only thing he could remember is some guy's fist slamming into his face.
      • Her mind was just so foggy, her body so alive with pain.
      • The next day I woke up groggily, my brain and eyes still foggy from sleep.
      • I nearly jumped out of my skin at that, my mind foggy and hazy.
      • My mind is foggy right now, and I can't remember the exact order of things, so I'll skip to the Shino part.
      • His head was still a little foggy with the dream he'd been having.
      • My mind was foggy and my body was numb and aching from the cold.
      • She nearly fell in her decent; her mind mixed in a foggy, blurry, confused mess as she stumbled into the cave.
      • It gives me a headache and makes me feel foggy and confused for the rest of the day.
      Synonyms
      muddled, fuddled, befuddled, confused, bewildered, dazed, stupefied, numb, numbed, benumbed, groggy, fuzzy, bleary
    2. 1.2 Indistinctly expressed or perceived; obscure.
      exactly what the company hopes to achieve is still foggy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My plans for the night were still a bit foggy.
      • The next few moments were a haze and Althio could not really remember the events that followed, it was somewhat foggy to him.
      • The effects look hazy, foggy and unreal, not sharp and distinct.
      • Contrary to public belief, however, he could not see his reflection amongst its depths; only a few blurred, foggy outlines.
      • While this is not always true, it does exist here and it adds another layer of foggy, depersonalized confusion as to who and watch we are watching.
      • And I mean seriously: foggy thoughts, prolonged bouts of amnesia and constant confusion.
      • He claims to be a servant of the Master, a shadowy figure with even more foggy notions.
      • She was drifting, drifting… her thoughts becoming foggy and vague…
      • All was foggy, obscure, clotted over and Lia backed against the wall, drew her knees to her chest and took in a deep breath.

Phrases

  • not have the foggiest (idea or notion)

    • informal Have no idea at all.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have completed many such assignments now and still don't have the foggiest idea what Neurocam is.
      • But I haven't the foggiest idea what a tuna salad should look like.
      • The average consumer doesn't have the foggiest idea of what these numbers mean.
      • And they still don't have the foggiest idea what the church is.
      • Not that I know - I don't have the foggiest idea of who is out there.
      • They don't have the foggiest idea what they're doing, and they don't care.
      • "You haven't the foggiest idea what fascism is, " I said.
      • We haven't the foggiest notion of what is actually going on in some of those places.
      • I really didn't have the foggiest idea how long it would take to be solved, but I think a year is a good time.

Origin

Late 15th century: perhaps from fog.

 
 
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