haze
/heɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /heɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhāz/ (ame, mw)
haze — 名詞
- hazesingular
- hazesplural
1. a thin blur in the air, caused by smoke, dust, heat, or dampness, that reduces h
霧靄
空中讓景物發矇的薄霧氣
a thin blur in the air, caused by smoke, dust, heat, or dampness, that reduces how clearly you can see.
By noon, a white haze hid the fishing boats beyond the harbor.
到了中午，白色霧靄遮住了港口外的漁船。
haze + hid distant objects
Heat haze rose from the road and made the buses look wavy.
路面升起的熱氣，讓公車在霧靄中看起來像在晃動。
collocation: heat haze
From the hill, Jisoo could only see the bridge through a pale haze.
站在山上，Jisoo 只能透過淡淡的霧靄看見那座橋。
Smoke from the fields left a brown haze over the small town.
田裡飄來的煙，在小鎮上方留下了一層褐色霧靄。
The morning haze cleared after the wind came in from the sea.
海風吹進來後，晨間的霧靄就散開了。
- clarity
describes clear visibility instead of blurred air
文法句型
a haze over/above something
through a haze
用法筆記
Often used when warm air, smoke, or dust makes distant things lose their sharp edges. Unlike fog, haze is usually lighter, so shapes can still be seen through it.
常見錯誤
2. a confused, unfocused feeling that stops your mind from working clearly.
恍惚
思緒不清、反應遲鈍
a confused, unfocused feeling that stops your mind from working clearly.
After two nights on call, Piotr moved through the ward in a haze.
連值兩晚夜班後，Piotr 恍惚地在病房裡走動。
phrase: in a haze
The sudden news left Lien in a haze for the rest of class.
突如其來的消息，讓 Lien 整堂課都處在恍惚中。
Grief and lack of sleep kept Christopher in a dull haze all week.
悲傷和睡眠不足，讓 Christopher 整整一週都陷在一陣恍惚裡。
When the medicine wore off, Mert finally came out of the haze.
藥效退去後，Mert 終於從那種恍惚狀態中清醒過來。
- clarity
suggests clear thought and awareness
文法句型
in a haze
out of the haze
用法筆記
Usually appears in phrases like in a haze or out of the haze. It often describes the mental effect of shock, illness, medicine, or extreme tiredness.
haze — 動詞
- hazepresent simple I / you / we / they
- hazes3rd person singular
- hazing-ing form
- hazedpast simple
1. to make someone do embarrassing or unpleasant things as a cruel way of testing o
整人；欺侮
逼新人做羞辱或痛苦的事
to make someone do embarrassing or unpleasant things as a cruel way of testing or welcoming them into a group.
Older cadets hazed Jabari by making him scrub the hallway at midnight.
年長的軍校生在半夜逼 Jabari 刷走廊，故意整人。
haze + person + by + -ing
The coach was fired after players said he had hazed new team members.
球員表示他曾欺侮新隊員後，那名教練就被開除了。
present perfect: had hazed
No club on campus is allowed to haze first-year students.
校園裡任何社團都不准整人大一新生。
Seniors tried to haze Gita with rude jokes and impossible chores.
學長們想用粗魯的笑話和做不到的雜務來整 Gita。
- welcome
means receiving a newcomer kindly rather than abusing them
文法句型
haze + person
haze + person + by + -ing
用法筆記
Most common in schools, clubs, sports teams, and the military, where the target is a newcomer being forced through an unofficial initiation.
常見錯誤
2. to become blurred, or to make something look less clear.
模糊
變得朦朧，或讓東西失焦
to become blurred, or to make something look less clear.
Steam from the soup hazed the kitchen window in seconds.
湯冒出的蒸氣，幾秒內就使廚房的窗戶變模糊。
transitive: haze + object
By evening, the valley hazed over and lost its sharp lines.
到了傍晚，山谷漸漸變模糊，清楚的線條也消失了。
intransitive: haze over
Moist air hazed the camera lens just as Théo stepped outside.
Théo 剛走到戶外，潮濕的空氣就使相機鏡頭變模糊。
The bright stage lights slowly hazed the plastic screen above the band.
明亮的舞台燈慢慢使樂團上方的塑膠屏幕變模糊。
- clear
means to become sharp again or make something easy to see
文法句型
haze + object
haze over
用法筆記
More common in literary or descriptive writing than in everyday speech. In casual English, speakers often choose hazy, blur, or fog up instead.