mist

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n. 雾, 迷蒙, 朦胧不清 vt. 使模糊, 使蒙上雾 vi. 变模糊, 下雾

发音

US /mɪst/

词形变化

mists 复数 mists mists 三单 misting 现在分词 misted 过去式 misted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

薄雾;视线模糊不清;模糊不清之物

a light cloud low over the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

    薄雾

    可数 不可数

    It was difficult to see through the morning mist.

  2. 2.

    A layer of fine droplets or particles.

    可数 不可数

    There was an oily mist on the lens.

  3. 3.

    Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.

    可数 比喻 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To form mist.

    不及物

    It's misting this morning.

  2. 2.

    To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

    及物

    I mist my tropical plants every morning.

  3. 3.

    To rain in very fine droplets.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To cover with a mist.

    及物

    The lens was misted.

  5. 5.

    To be covered by tears.

    及物

    My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.

  6. 6.

    To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

    媒体 印刷
  7. 1.

    past of miss

    废旧

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词源

The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”). The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.

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