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词汇 smog
释义 smog
noun[ S or U ]
uk /smɒɡ/ us /smɑːɡ/
C1
a mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals, especially in cities, that makes the atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health: (尤指城市中的)雾霾,烟雾
Smog is a major problem in Athens.雾霾是雅典的一个主要问题。
As we flew into the airport, we could see a murky yellow smog hovering over the city.我们飞进机场时,可以看到一层黄色的雾霾笼罩在城市上空。
 
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smog | American Dictionary


smog
noun[ C/U ]
us/smɑɡ, smɔɡ/
air pollution caused by smoke or chemicals mixing with fog:
[ U ]We get a lot of smog downtown.
[ C ]A poisonous smog killed 20 people.

smoggy


adjectiveus/ˈsmɑɡ·i, ˈsmɔ·ɡi/
a smoggy city/day

Examples of smog


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To them, acid rain and urban smog are more immediate and urgent concerns than global warming.
Other problems, resulting from the air emissions, include pernicious odor and smog.
Methane found in the atmosphere is mostly consumed by photochemical smog.
The intrusion of the machine into the garden has been followed by that of the syringe on the beaches, the smog in the valley, the sewage in the river.
The effect that we call acid rain is a photochemical smog created by a combination of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, hydrocarbons and ozone.
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There, gridlock occurs now on an almost daily basis and the city swelters under an ever present cloak of photochemical smog.
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The most important component of summer smog is ground level ozone.
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I am not referring just to acid rain, smog and the efficiency of rubbish disposal, all of which we must take into account.
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Whether people are shop stewards, factory managers or members of the public, they want to get out of the smog and pollution of city environment.
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This is a secondary pollutant formed when nitrogen oxides mix with hydrocarbons from vehicle exhausts in the presence of sunlight—the infamous photochemical smog.
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The problem with political awareness of acid deposition, unlike smog, is that it is invisible.
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If only we can clear away from our labour relations the smog of past grievances and ignorance, the future would appear to be extremely rosy.
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The smogs which used to engulf our towns and cities are now, thankfully, a thing of the past.
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In areas with a lot of businesses which use these chemicals, the discharge contributes to creating smog with its subsequent health problems.
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I have committed myself to getting rid of summer and winter smog within 10 years, and shall spend much of my time working on that.
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