单词 | fog line |
释义 | > as lemmasfog line fog line n. (a) a line delimiting a bank or area of fog, or an area susceptible to fog; (b) (chiefly North American) a painted line providing a guide to road users in foggy conditions, esp. a white line marking the outer limit of the carriageway. ΚΠ 1850 E. Meriam Let. 24 Dec. in Ann. Rep. Superintendent Onondaga Salt Springs (Documents Assembly State N.Y. 74th Sess., No. 25) (1851) II. 51 The fog line is as distinctly drawn in the atmosphere in Tully as are the water lines there on the surface of the earth. 1876 Art Jrnl. 2 191/2 The delicate painting of the silver-tinted clouds which are revealed through the break in the fog-line. 1934 Frederick (Maryland) Post 11 Jan. 1/6 The ‘yellow center stripe or fog line’ is painted to aid motorists in traveling on foggy nights in the mountains. 1947 Ecol. Monogr. 17 526/1 Another [nuthatch] followed at 5:53, 4 at 6:08, 5 at 6:13, the last two groups wholly in the sun above the fog line. 1953 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 4 Nov. 10/6 Crews of the Pughtown garage of the West Virginia Road Commission painted white fog lines Tuesday on Route 39. 1987 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 12 July Lang was walking on the paved shoulder, between the fog line and the gravel when they were hit from behind. 2005 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 16 Aug. a2/5 Keister appeared to be..driving in an ‘S’ between the fog line and the centerline of the road. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June d3/4 Others..have followed Hirsch's lead in planting Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on the ridges above the fog line of the Sonoma Coast. < as lemmas |
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