soot
soot — 名詞
1. a soft, black, powdery substance that forms when something such as wood, coal, o
煤灰；煙灰
燃燒產生的黑色粉塵
a soft, black, powdery substance that forms when something such as wood, coal, oil, or gas burns incompletely; it usually sticks to the inside of chimneys, pipes, and walls near the fire
Mei-Lin wiped black soot from the windowsill after the neighbours' wood stove burned all winter.
Mei-Lin 擦拭窗台上的黑色煤灰，那是鄰居的柴火爐燒了整個冬天留下來的。
uncountable: no plural form — 'soot' not 'soots'
Old diesel trucks leave a layer of fine soot on the road and parked cars nearby.
老舊的柴油卡車會在路面和附近停放車輛上留下一層細煤灰。
collocation: 'layer of soot'
The chimney sweep emerged with his face and clothes covered in thick black soot.
那位掃煙囪的工人出來時，臉上和衣服上都沾滿了厚厚的黑煤灰。
collocation: 'covered in soot'
Scientists say breathing too much soot from forest fires can harm your lungs over time.
科學家表示，長期吸入野火產生的過多煤灰會損害肺部。
- layer of soot
- covered in soot
- thick black soot
- fine soot
- soot particles
- soot stains
- breathing soot
- wipe off soot
文法句型
soot + noun (as modifier)
covered in/with soot
用法筆記
Uncountable — you cannot say 'a soot' or 'soots'. To refer to a single piece, use 'a speck of soot' or 'a particle of soot'. Often appears with 'covered in', 'layered with', or 'stained with'.
常見錯誤
soot — 動詞
- sootpresent simple I / you / we / they
- soots3rd person singular
- sooting-ing form
- sootedpast simple
1. to make something dirty by covering it with soot, typically from a flame, fire,
覆上煤灰
用煤灰覆蓋或弄髒
to make something dirty by covering it with soot, typically from a flame, fire, or engine — for example, a candle flame leaving a dark ring on a glass jar, or a faulty heater blackening a wall
The flame from the oil lamp had sooted the ceiling above the desk over many years.
那盞油燈的火焰多年來已在書桌上方天花板覆上一層煤灰。
past perfect: had sooted [something] over [time period]
Haruto's hands were sooted from trying to fix the old wood-burning stove in the cabin.
Haruto 的手因嘗試修理小木屋裡的老式柴火爐而沾滿了煤灰。
passive: were sooted from [source]
A single candle can soot a clean glass jar if the wick is too long.
如果燭芯太長，一根蠟燭就能讓乾淨的玻璃瓶沾上煤灰。
The blacksmith's apron was sooted where sparks had landed and burned small holes.
那位鐵匠的圍裙上被火花燒出小洞的地方都沾上了煤灰。
- sooted by
- sooted from
- get sooted
- sooted ceiling
- sooted hands
文法句型
soot + object
be/get sooted
用法筆記
Uncommon in everyday speech — the passive form ('get sooted', 'be sooted') is more frequent than the active ('sooted the wall'). Usually describes gradual accumulation rather than a single event.
常見錯誤
同根字
- sooty形容詞B2
- sootily副詞C2
- sootiness名詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- chimney soot
- candle soot
- oil soot
- diesel soot
副詞搭配
- heavily sooted
- thickly sooted
- lightly sooted
- blackly stained with soot
常用片語
- layer of soot
- particles of soot
- speck of soot
- buildup of soot
介系詞搭配
- covered in soot
- covered with soot
- stained by soot
- coated in soot
- sooted from