| 单词 | soot |
| 释义 | soot noun[U] uk/sʊt/us/sʊt/ablackpowdercomposedmainlyofcarbon,producedwhencoal,wood, etc. isburned: 煤烟；煤灰It can bedangeroustolettoo much sootaccumulateinside achimney.烟囱里堆积过多的煤灰是很危险的。 Compare smut(DIRT) Products of fire
soot| American Dictionarysoot noun[U] us/sʊt/ablackpowderproducedwhencoal,wood, etc., isburned Examplesofsootsoot The marking withsootseems to refer to non-social behaviour, whereas the tattooing marks the cultural transition of a young woman to womanhood. From theCambridge English Corpus Breathing in dust andsootcaused lung problems. From theCambridge English Corpus Sootis the final product of the lamp that is managed by the women. From theCambridge English Corpus A piece of reindeersinew thread is blackened withsoot, and is then drawn under and through the skin by means of a needle. From theCambridge English Corpus The raven, a master of light, is continuously associated with final products such assoot, excrements, inedible food and human bones. From theCambridge English Corpus Such transfer would be particularly advantageous, since a coating ofsootwould protect the organisms from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation. From theCambridge English Corpus Here boys, some as young as four years old, were used to brush thesootout of chimneys. From theCambridge English Corpus They would use some fat with thesoot. From theCambridge English Corpus They slept in cellars on bags ofsootand seldom washed. From theCambridge English Corpus Dust andsootloading for large-scale impacts might be significant. From theCambridge English Corpus At this the loon became furious and gathered thesootfrom its cooking pot and threw it all at the raven, with the result that its whole body became black. From theCambridge English Corpus Practically nosootwas produced. From theCambridge English Corpus Their sums are connected with the price ofsootand the price of sweeping chimneys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thesootand slime, the slagheaps and the sewer rivers which disfigure so much of our country were applauded as a sign of our prosperity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is because the city-dweller swallows week after week and month after month unnecessary quantities ofsoot, ash and tar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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