smog
英 [sm?g]
美 [smɑ?ɡ]
助記提示
1、smoke + fog.
2、smog（煙霧）是由 smoke（煙）和fog（霧）組成的混合詞。1905年，在公共健康委員會的一次會議中，H.A.德佛（H.A.des Voeux）博士創(chuàng)造了該詞，用來形容倫敦煙霧彌漫。其他混合詞還包括：binary（二進制數）和digit（位數）組成的混合詞 bit（二進制位），breakfast（早餐）和lunch（午餐）組成的混合詞 brunch（早午餐），camera（照相機）和recorder（錄音機）組成的混合詞 camcorder（攝像機），motor（汽車）和hotel（旅館）組成的混合詞 motel（汽車旅館），以及transfer（轉移）和resistor（電阻器）組成的混合詞 transistor（晶體管）。
中文詞源
smog 煙霧來自 smoke 和 fog 的合成詞，用以指倫敦曾經濃煙籠罩的情形。
英文詞源
- smog (n.)
- 1905, blend of smoke and fog, formed "after Lewis Carrol's example" [Klein; see portmanteau]. Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there in a paper read by Dr. H.A. des Voeux, treasurer of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, though he seems not to have claimed credit for coining it.
At a recent health congress in London, a member used a new term to indicate a frequent London condition, the black fog, which is not unknown in other large cities and which has been the cause of a great deal of bad language in the past. The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke fog "smog" -- and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular. ["Journal of the American Medical Association," Aug. 26, 1905]
Smaze (with haze (n.)) is from 1953.
雙語例句
- 1. Cars cause pollution, both smog and acid rain.
- 汽車造成的污染既有煙霧也有酸雨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. attempts to reduce smog caused by traffic fumes
- 旨在降低車輛尾氣造成的煙霧的措施
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The sky over the city was overspread with a heavy smog.
- 城市上空罩上了一層煙霧.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The river appeared as if enveloped in smog.
- 那條河好像籠罩在煙霧之中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. This system is approved in California for local smog - station installation.
- 這種系統(tǒng)已通過了加利福尼亞州城市煙霧站的鑒定.
來自辭典例句