smoky

/'smouki/

Thân thiện

The chef grills smoky sausages over an open fire.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Filled with or producing smoke: Describes an atmosphere, place, or object that contains a visible suspension of particles, typically from burning.
   • Having the taste, smell, or appearance of smoke: Describes a flavor, aroma, or color reminiscent of smoke, often as a result of preservation or cooking over a fire.
   • Obscured or made hazy by smoke: Describes something that is difficult to see through because of smoke.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The room became smoky after the fireplace was lit.
  • We enjoyed the smoky flavor of the grilled fish.
  • The view from the mountain was smoky due to distant forest fires.

Advanced Usage

• "smoky eyes": A makeup style using dark, blended eyeshadow to create a sultry, hazy effect around the eyes, reminiscent of the look of smoke.

  • She created a dramatic look with smoky eyes for the evening party.

• "smoky voice": A deep, husky, and slightly rough quality of a person's speaking or singing voice.

  • The jazz singer was famous for her low, smoky voice.

Variants and Related Words

• Smoke (n/v): The visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance; to emit such vapor or to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
• Smoked (adj): (Of food) cured or flavored by exposure to smoke.
  • smoked salmon
• Smokeless (adj): Producing little or no smoke.
  • smokeless fuel

Synonyms

• Sooty: Covered with or resembling black soot (a black powder from smoke).
• Hazy: Slightly obscured, as if by mist or smoke.
• Reeky (archaic/literary): Smelling strongly of smoke or fumes.

Related Phrases

• Smoky quartz: A brown to gray variety of the mineral quartz.
  • Her ring was set with a piece of smoky quartz.

Idioms

• A smoky atmosphere: Can refer literally to a room full of smoke or metaphorically to a mysterious, secretive, or illicit environment.
  • The negotiations took place in the smoky atmosphere of a backroom deal.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. tasting of smoke
   • smoky sausages
2. marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
   • smoky rafters
   • smoky chimneys
   • a smoky fireplace
   • a smoky corridor