misty

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Related topics: Nature

mist·y /ˈmɪsti/ adjectiveadj

1 DNmisty weather is weather with a lot of mist 多雾的

a cold, misty morning

一个雾蒙蒙的寒冷早晨

2 literaryCRY if your eyes are misty, they are full of tears, especially because you are remembering a time in the past 〔尤因回忆起过去而〕眼睛充满泪水的，泪眼模糊的

He paused, his eyes growing misty.

他停顿了一下，双眼变得模糊起来。

Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed.

玛丽亚每次看到她母亲的照片都会泪眼模糊。

3 CLEAR/EASY TO SEEnot clear or bright 不清楚的，蒙眬的，模糊的 SYN vague

Without my glasses everything is just a misty blur.

我如果不戴眼镜，看什么都是模模糊糊的。

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misty• Toward evening, the weather turned and, as they approached the dock, the sky was gray and misty.• It was still misty but the sun was gathering strength and the mist had acquired a pearly hue promising better things.• Descents from Moughton need care in misty conditions.• As we walked out of the house, we looked back one more time, a little misty-eyed• She had fallen asleep, her mouth against the window, steaming it in a perspiration of misty gray film.• The Galaxy was high in the sky and its misty lens shape stretched lazily from horizon to horizon.• Becoming misty overnight with fog over the hills.• Misty people in overcoats stood against the wall.• We had misty rain as we started out but the sun came out just as we got to the rapids.• It was a gray and misty spring morning.

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