| 单词 | Pea soup fog |
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Pea soup fog
原声例句
TED-Ed（视频版） Londoners had become accustomed to the notorious pea soup fog swirling over their streets until 1952, when the Great Smog of London shut down all transportation in the city for days and caused more than 4,000 respiratory deaths. 伦敦人已经习惯了臭名昭著的豌豆汤雾气在他们的街道上空盘旋，直到 1952 年，伦敦的大雾霾导致该市所有交通关闭数日，并导致 4, 000 多人因呼吸道疾病死亡。
英语百科
Pea soup fog![Piccadilly Circus in Pea-Soup Fog, 1952, by unknown photographer.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Piccadilly_Circus_in_Pea-Soup5211.jpg") ![Pea souper in Western Sydney, Australia](/Images/godic/202502/01/Pea_souper_in_Western_Sydney5212.jpg") ._Natural_and_political_observations5212.png") Pea soup, or a pea souper, also known as a black fog, killer fog or smog is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish, or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulfur dioxide. This very thick smog occurs in cities and is derived from the smoke given off by the burning of soft coal for home heating and in industrial processes. Smog of this intensity is often lethal to vulnerable people such as the elderly, the very young and those with respiratory problems. |
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