sooty
/ˈsʊti/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsʊti/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsu̇-tē ˈsə-, ˈsü-/ (ame, mw)
sooty — 形容詞
- sootypositive
- sootiercomparative
- sootiestsuperlative
1. having a layer of soot on the surface — soot being the soft black dust left behi
沾滿煤灰的
表面附著煤灰、被弄髒的
having a layer of soot on the surface — soot being the soft black dust left behind when wood, coal, or oil burns.
Tariro wiped a sooty handprint off the white kitchen wall.
Tariro 把廚房白牆上一個沾滿煤灰的手印擦掉。
describing a surface dirtied by soot
The fire left the bedroom curtains grey and sooty.
那場火讓臥室的窗簾變得灰撲撲、沾滿煤灰。
predicative: be left sooty after a fire
Sahil knelt by the old stove and cleaned its sooty inside pipe.
Sahil 跪在舊爐子旁，清理它沾滿煤灰的內管。
After the chimney sweep finished, his hands and face were completely sooty.
掃煙囪的工人忙完後，雙手和臉都沾滿了煤灰。
A sooty smell still hung in the burned-out shop the next morning.
隔天早上，燒毀的店裡仍飄著一股煤灰味。
用法筆記
Frequently describes surfaces, walls, hands, or clothing that have picked up soot from a fire, stove, or chimney. Distinguish from sense 2: here the thing is literally dirty, not merely soot-coloured.
常見錯誤
2. being a deep dull black, the same shade as soot, even when nothing is actually d
煤灰色的
顏色像煤灰般的深黑色
being a deep dull black, the same shade as soot, even when nothing is actually dirty.
A small bird with sooty feathers landed on Hiro's windowsill.
一隻羽毛烏黑的小鳥停在 Hiro 的窗台上。
describing natural colour, not dirt
Sooty clouds rolled over the bay just before the storm broke.
暴風雨來臨前，煤灰色的雲層滾過海灣。
describing dark sky colour
Talia chose a sooty shade of grey for the living-room walls.
Talia 為客廳牆面選了一種煤灰般的灰色。
The old cat had sooty patches across its soft white belly.
那隻老貓柔軟的白肚子上有幾塊烏黑的斑。
Sooty smoke curled from the volcano against the bright morning sky.
煤灰色的濃煙從火山口升起，襯著明亮的早晨天空。
用法筆記
Subject is usually something whose dark colour is natural or permanent — feathers, clouds, smoke, fur, or a paint shade. Unlike sense 1, no actual soot is present; the word names the colour, not a dirty state.