英単語

foggyの意味・使い方・発音

foggy

英 ['fɒgɪ] 美 ['fɔɡi]
  • adj. ぼんやりした、かすんだ

語源


霧。

霧から。

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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