pea-souper

短语

n. 黄色的浓雾, 法裔加拿大人

发音

UK /ˈpiːˌsuːpə/
AU
US /ˈpiˌsupɚ/

词形变化

pea-soupers 复数

别名

peasouper

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog.

    加拿大 非正式

    A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.

    I can hear the bell on the buoy, but I can’t see anything in this pea-souper.

  2. 2.

    A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec.

    加拿大 贬义 俚语

    Those pea-soupers are the worst drivers on the road!

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pea soup

上位词 1

fog

词源

From pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’); * (dense, yellowish fog”): from the appearance of the fog * (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup (“(slang, derogatory) French person”).

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