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单词 fogbound
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Definition of fogbound in English:

fogbound

adjective ˈfɒɡbaʊnd
  • 1Unable to travel normally because of thick fog.

    因雾受阻的

    day after day we sat fogbound in East Anglia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Through the closed windows came the occasional ‘peep’ of a fogbound wayfarer whistling for a hansom.
    • In its own insidious way, the movie exerts an oneiric pull, as hypnotic as the sight of Skull Island from the deck of the fogbound Venture.
    • A sizable section of the French team was fogbound on the Faroe Islands yesterday.
    • I waited there like a fogbound ship looking for the flash of a lighthouse, some sense of direction, a beacon to steer by.
    1. 1.1 Enveloped or obscured by fog.
      被雾笼罩的;雾蒙蒙的
      a fogbound motorway
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many sailors ran down the gangway Friday, carrying roses for their loved ones waiting on the fogbound shore.
      • Others opt for tamer pickings, such as lobster mushrooms and summer chanterelles on the fogbound coast of Oregon.
      • All this was a result of inclement weather and a fogbound Wellington Airport.
      • It was mid-November 1816, when Lord Byron, accompanied by his friend John Hobhouse, first stepped off a gondola onto the damp and fogbound flagstones of the Grand Canal.
      • Episode 1 begins in fogbound East London, with Coal Hill School teachers Ian and Barbara concerned for the welfare of one of their brightest students.
      • I'm heading 5373 miles west to spend Easter in fogbound San Francisco, because I can.
      • According to Wratten's article, the Chinook was ‘some 15 seconds from the fogbound lighthouse and perilously close to steeply rising ground that was also shrouded in cloud’.
      • And though much of the Peruvian seaside is often chilly, treacherous and fogbound, the country's ruling class has seen dollars in a wave swept shore.
      • Despite the fogbound capital, the event, held at the Petone rugby clubrooms, was a cracker.
      • I got to know the fogbound salmon towns of Oregon and Washington - Moclips, Sekiu, and Tillamook - and I heard the stories of his trips to Prince Rupert and to Kodiak.
      • All 29 people on board helicopter ZD576 died when it ploughed into a fogbound hillside.

Definition of fogbound in US English:

fogbound

adjective
  • 1Unable to travel or function normally because of thick fog.

    因雾受阻的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Through the closed windows came the occasional ‘peep’ of a fogbound wayfarer whistling for a hansom.
    • In its own insidious way, the movie exerts an oneiric pull, as hypnotic as the sight of Skull Island from the deck of the fogbound Venture.
    • A sizable section of the French team was fogbound on the Faroe Islands yesterday.
    • I waited there like a fogbound ship looking for the flash of a lighthouse, some sense of direction, a beacon to steer by.
    1. 1.1 Enveloped or obscured by fog.
      被雾笼罩的;雾蒙蒙的
      a fogbound forest

      浓雾弥漫的森林。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • According to Wratten's article, the Chinook was ‘some 15 seconds from the fogbound lighthouse and perilously close to steeply rising ground that was also shrouded in cloud’.
      • All this was a result of inclement weather and a fogbound Wellington Airport.
      • Many sailors ran down the gangway Friday, carrying roses for their loved ones waiting on the fogbound shore.
      • I got to know the fogbound salmon towns of Oregon and Washington - Moclips, Sekiu, and Tillamook - and I heard the stories of his trips to Prince Rupert and to Kodiak.
      • And though much of the Peruvian seaside is often chilly, treacherous and fogbound, the country's ruling class has seen dollars in a wave swept shore.
      • It was mid-November 1816, when Lord Byron, accompanied by his friend John Hobhouse, first stepped off a gondola onto the damp and fogbound flagstones of the Grand Canal.
      • I'm heading 5373 miles west to spend Easter in fogbound San Francisco, because I can.
      • Despite the fogbound capital, the event, held at the Petone rugby clubrooms, was a cracker.
      • Others opt for tamer pickings, such as lobster mushrooms and summer chanterelles on the fogbound coast of Oregon.
      • Episode 1 begins in fogbound East London, with Coal Hill School teachers Ian and Barbara concerned for the welfare of one of their brightest students.
      • All 29 people on board helicopter ZD576 died when it ploughed into a fogbound hillside.
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