Word · Frequency #14702
soots
煤烟；烟灰
soots is the plural of soot.
a black colloidal substance made mainly of amorphous carbon, used in making pigments and ink
- 1.
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
煤、油等不完全燃烧产生的无定形碳和焦油的细小黑色或暗棕色颗粒。
- 2.
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
一种主要由无定形碳组成的黑色胶体物质,用于制造颜料和墨水
煤、油等不完全燃烧产生的无定形碳和焦油的细小黑色或暗棕色颗粒。；一种主要由无定形碳组成的黑色胶体物质,用于制造颜料和墨水；煤烟；炭黑色
In use
Cleaning the chimney left black soot all over the kitchen floor.
The old factory's walls were stained with soot from years of coal smoke.
She wiped the soot from her face after lighting the fire.
[verb] soot sth
soot 作及物动词，表示“用煤烟熏黑”，主语通常是烟或火。
The smoke slowly sooted the white walls.
烟雾慢慢把白墙熏黑了。
[noun] soot from [source]
soot 通常作不可数名词，常接 from 引出来源。
Soot from the candle settled on the table.
蜡烛的烟灰落在了桌子上。
Common mistakes
There is a soot on the windowsill.There is soot on the windowsill.
Connections
Collocations
- covered in soot
- 沾满煤烟
- His hands were covered in soot after cleaning the chimney.打扫完烟囱后，他的手上沾满了煤烟。
- soot and smoke
- 煤烟和烟雾
- The old factory filled the air with soot and smoke.老工厂使空气中充满煤烟和烟雾。
- black with soot
- 被煤烟熏黑
- The walls were black with soot from years of candles.墙壁因多年点蜡烛而被煤烟熏黑。
- chimney soot
- 烟囱灰
- Chimney soot can be a fire hazard if it builds up.烟囱灰如果堆积起来可能成为火灾隐患。
- a layer of soot
- 一层煤烟
- A layer of soot covered every surface in the kitchen.一层煤烟覆盖了厨房的每个表面。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 soot 想成 smoke 与 foot 的合体：烟囱冒烟，脚边落了一层黑黑的煤烟。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cleaning a chimney or fireplace、stains from smoke, candles, or exhaust、industrial combustion and air pollution soot 通常作名词，指燃烧产生的黑色粉末，多用于描述壁炉、烟囱、蜡烛或工业烟尘等场景；作动词表示“用煤烟熏黑”时较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with soot /sʊt/: foot /fʊt/ and put /pʊt/. Note that soot is spelled with -oot but has the short vowel /ʊ/, so lookalikes with -oot such as boot /buːt/, hoot /huːt/, and shoot /ʃuːt/ do not rhyme; they have the long vowel /uː/. The word book /bʊk/ shares the same vowel sound /ʊ/ but ends in /k/, so it is not a rhyme either.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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