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单词 misty
释义 misty
I. \ˈmistē, -ti\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mistig misty, from mist + -ig -y — more at mist
1.
 a. : obscured by or covered with mist or something resembling mist
  < westward the misty summits of the Coast range — American Guide Series: Oregon >
  < the misty sheen of the moonlight — O.E.Rölvaag >
  < was barely heated and misty with dust — Arthur Miller >
 b. : consisting of or marked by mist
  < the darkness of sky and water was streaked with a long, misty line of foam — Herman Melville >
 c. : unclear in shape or outline : indistinct
  < could perceive the outlines of land, blue and misty in the distance — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
2.
 a. : clouded as if by mist : dim, obscure
  < through the safe and rather misty glass of ready-made dogmas — Mary Webb >
 b. : vague or confused in thought or style
  < poetry which was essentially vague, misty and dim — Delmore Schwartz >
  < a misty nostalgia for a royalist authoritarianism — Gordon Merrick >
II. adjective
: tearful
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