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单词 hazy
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Definition of hazy in English:

hazy

adjectivehazier, haziest ˈheɪziˈheɪzi
  • 1Covered by a haze.

    it was a beautiful day but quite hazy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whole L.A. Basin was smoggy or hazy today, and my lungs hurt.
    • It was a typical kind of August day, hot and hazy.
    • The film has a misty, hazy appearance in some of its more striking moments.
    • Avoid shooting photos when the sun is directly overhead and the sky is hazy or cloudy.
    • We're drinking away the hazy, grey afternoon.
    • He lay on his back and stared up at the hazy image of the clouds.
    • A hazy or cloudy wine can indicate the growth of micro-organisms or bacteria.
    • The hazy sky was streaked with white clouds, the sun setting.
    • The sun's UV rays are as damaging to your skin on cloudy and hazy days as they are on sunny days.
    • The air is thick and hazy with moisture.
    • By mid-morning the sun burned through a high, hazy veil of cloud.
    • Outside, large flakes of gleaming white snow were falling fast, quickly covering the city in a hazy white blanket.
    • She scanned the hazy horizon for the dust cloud signalling horses.
    • The hazy clouds had risen high into the atmosphere.
    • In a matter of seconds, what had seemed like a slightly hazy early afternoon now seemed overcast.
    • The light from the moon was weak, peeking wearily through hazy clouds.
    • The effects look hazy, foggy and unreal, not sharp and distinct.
    • Weathermen said that today would remain hot and sunny, although they predicted it may be a little more hazy.
    • Monday morning arrived with a cooling breeze, scattering fragile wisps of cloud across a hazy sky.
    • Everything became extremely hazy as tears clouded her vision.
    Synonyms
    misty, foggy, cloudy, clouded, smoggy, murky, overcast
    1. 1.1 Vague or ill-defined.
      hazy memories
      the picture we have of him is extremely hazy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is a hazy outline of the House of Parliament and Big Ben in the distance.
      • He not only gave this hazy concept a viable definition, but also enlarged the scope.
      • I have a hazy, indistinct memory of this morning.
      • Their memory of it is hazy to say the very least.
      • Some of these impressions will come to you as vague fragments; a hazy glimpse without any notion of time or place.
      • The early chapters are filled with clouds of hazy idealism, with vague talk of ‘justice’.
      • By morning, the conversations of the night before are hazy memories.
      • What follows are hazy memories of loud music and copious amounts of beer.
      • If an important concept is hazy or difficult, explain it, articulate it, and you will get clarity.
      • The idea of rebirth was hazy and vague in my mind at this time.
      • This was a long time ago and my memory is hazy.
      • It was like everything she beheld was hazy, viewed through foggy lenses.
      • It was one of those weekends where I thought a lot about some very hazy, abstract concepts.
      • He had only hazy memories of what had happened.
      • But will the two sides be able to stick to the hazy and vague terms of the agreement?
      • She had one hazy memory of her father taking her out for ice cream when she was very young.
      • The picture is also dark, hazy, dirty, murky, and marred by shimmering and flicker.
      • Hazy but damning snapshots of the episode were released on that evening's television news.
      • I have a hazy memory of the movie.
      • As the bus left, she faded into a blurring hazy picture waving from behind the cloud of dust.
      Synonyms
      vague, indistinct, unclear, faint, dim, indefinite, ill-defined, nebulous, shadowy, blurred, fuzzy, muzzy, woolly, confused, muddled
    2. 1.2 Confused; uncertain.
      school-leavers were often hazy about employment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As is all too common, precise details are hazy and confused.
      • At best, such figures are hazy assessments.
      • His characterizations and distinctions are at times a bit hazy or confusing.
      • Carson's mind lingered in the realm of hazy confusion before it hit him.
      • I suspect that most of us are pretty hazy on who she actually was.
      • He was a bit hazy about whether or not he had visited the town before.
      • Details were hazy, with officials unsure of exactly what was going on inside much of the main temple.
      • I could not picture my return, and the whole future looked hazy and uncertain.
      • I looked at him wide-eyed, my thoughts still hazy from confusion.
      Synonyms
      unclear, uncertain, unsure, undecided

Derivatives

  • hazily

  • adverb ˈheɪzɪliˈheɪzəli
    • After some indeterminate amount of time I began to be hazily aware that something was on my shirt.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sun is shining hazily through hanging palm leaves.
      • In one photograph, Darwell surveys a cityscape of abandoned apartment buildings where the Chernobyl Power Plant looms hazily in the distance.
      • Rawkus Records was founded on a hazily idealistic notion about promoting progressive music.
      • We are grasping at hazily remembered phrases in this new language.
  • haziness

  • noun ˈheɪzɪnəsˈheɪzinəs
    • Problems include increased sensitivity to light at night and haziness of vision.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mike said that the room filled with a very slight but discernible haziness, which then seem to gather at one of the corners of the ceiling.
      • For a week or two I've been bothered by a haziness in my right eye.
      • On a good day the blue of the sea and the haziness of the land on the horizon is breathtaking.
      • With a very round voice, rather than a steely, singular edge that more piercing sopranos have, she creates a haziness that is very comforting and no small part of her wide appeal far beyond the realm of opera and recital aficionados.

Origin

Early 17th century (in nautical use in the sense 'foggy'): of unknown origin.

Rhymes

Bel Paese, Buthelezi, crazy, daisy, Farnese, glazy, lazy, Maisie, mazy, oops-a-daisy, Piranesi, upsy-daisy, Veronese
 
 

Definition of hazy in US English:

hazy

adjectiveˈheɪziˈhāzē
  • 1Covered by a haze.

    the sky was hazy from irrigation evaporation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Outside, large flakes of gleaming white snow were falling fast, quickly covering the city in a hazy white blanket.
    • She scanned the hazy horizon for the dust cloud signalling horses.
    • In a matter of seconds, what had seemed like a slightly hazy early afternoon now seemed overcast.
    • Everything became extremely hazy as tears clouded her vision.
    • The light from the moon was weak, peeking wearily through hazy clouds.
    • Weathermen said that today would remain hot and sunny, although they predicted it may be a little more hazy.
    • The effects look hazy, foggy and unreal, not sharp and distinct.
    • The air is thick and hazy with moisture.
    • The sun's UV rays are as damaging to your skin on cloudy and hazy days as they are on sunny days.
    • The hazy clouds had risen high into the atmosphere.
    • A hazy or cloudy wine can indicate the growth of micro-organisms or bacteria.
    • It was a typical kind of August day, hot and hazy.
    • Monday morning arrived with a cooling breeze, scattering fragile wisps of cloud across a hazy sky.
    • The film has a misty, hazy appearance in some of its more striking moments.
    • He lay on his back and stared up at the hazy image of the clouds.
    • By mid-morning the sun burned through a high, hazy veil of cloud.
    • The hazy sky was streaked with white clouds, the sun setting.
    • Avoid shooting photos when the sun is directly overhead and the sky is hazy or cloudy.
    • We're drinking away the hazy, grey afternoon.
    • The whole L.A. Basin was smoggy or hazy today, and my lungs hurt.
    Synonyms
    misty, foggy, cloudy, clouded, smoggy, murky, overcast
    1. 1.1 Vague, indistinct, or ill-defined.
      hazy memories
      the picture we have of him as a man is extremely hazy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was like everything she beheld was hazy, viewed through foggy lenses.
      • I have a hazy, indistinct memory of this morning.
      • He not only gave this hazy concept a viable definition, but also enlarged the scope.
      • If an important concept is hazy or difficult, explain it, articulate it, and you will get clarity.
      • He had only hazy memories of what had happened.
      • The idea of rebirth was hazy and vague in my mind at this time.
      • This was a long time ago and my memory is hazy.
      • It was one of those weekends where I thought a lot about some very hazy, abstract concepts.
      • I have a hazy memory of the movie.
      • She had one hazy memory of her father taking her out for ice cream when she was very young.
      • There is a hazy outline of the House of Parliament and Big Ben in the distance.
      • As the bus left, she faded into a blurring hazy picture waving from behind the cloud of dust.
      • The picture is also dark, hazy, dirty, murky, and marred by shimmering and flicker.
      • Some of these impressions will come to you as vague fragments; a hazy glimpse without any notion of time or place.
      • By morning, the conversations of the night before are hazy memories.
      • Their memory of it is hazy to say the very least.
      • The early chapters are filled with clouds of hazy idealism, with vague talk of ‘justice’.
      • Hazy but damning snapshots of the episode were released on that evening's television news.
      • But will the two sides be able to stick to the hazy and vague terms of the agreement?
      • What follows are hazy memories of loud music and copious amounts of beer.
      Synonyms
      vague, indistinct, unclear, faint, dim, indefinite, ill-defined, nebulous, shadowy, blurred, fuzzy, muzzy, woolly, confused, muddled

Origin

Early 17th century (in nautical use in the sense ‘foggy’): of unknown origin.

 
 
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