smog
英 [smɒg]
美 [smɑːɡ]
助记提示
1、smoke + fog.
2、smog（烟雾）是由 smoke（烟）和fog（雾）组成的混合词。1905年，在公共健康委员会的一次会议中，H.A.德佛（H.A.des Voeux）博士创造了该词，用来形容伦敦烟雾弥漫。其他混合词还包括：binary（二进制数）和digit（位数）组成的混合词 bit（二进制位），breakfast（早餐）和lunch（午餐）组成的混合词 brunch（早午餐），camera（照相机）和recorder（录音机）组成的混合词 camcorder（摄像机），motor（汽车）和hotel（旅馆）组成的混合词 motel（汽车旅馆），以及transfer（转移）和resistor（电阻器）组成的混合词 transistor（晶体管）。
中文词源
smog 烟雾来自 smoke 和 fog 的合成词，用以指伦敦曾经浓烟笼罩的情形。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Cars cause pollution, both smog and acid rain.
- 汽车造成的污染既有烟雾也有酸雨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. attempts to reduce smog caused by traffic fumes
- 旨在降低车辆尾气造成的烟雾的措施
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The sky over the city was overspread with a heavy smog.
- 城市上空罩上了一层烟雾.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The river appeared as if enveloped in smog.
- 那条河好像笼罩在烟雾之中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. This system is approved in California for local smog - station installation.
- 这种系统已通过了加利福尼亚州城市烟雾站的鉴定.
来自辞典例句