foggy
英 ['fɒgɪ]
美 ['fɔɡi]
語源
英語の語源
- foggy (adj.)
- 1540s, of the air, "full of thick mist," perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog (n.1) + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," is from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a suggestion of political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
例文
- 1. It was now the midddle of November,cold and often foggy .
- 今は11月中旬で、寒い上に霧がよく出る。
- 2.The fogggy streets were virtually empty,except for the occasional evening stroller.
- たまに夕方に散歩に出てくる人を除いて、霧の街はがらんとしている。
- 3.It 's quite foggy now.
- 今は霧が深い。
- 4.In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity.
- このような天気条件の下で、霧のかかった崖は砂漠の無限の中に隠れている。
- 5.When it 's foggy ,the trains are late as often as not.
- 霧が深いと、列車が遅れることが多い。
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