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be sooty
用 be + sooty 描述主语处于沾满煤烟的状态。
The chimney is sooty after the winter.
冬天过后，烟囱里全是煤烟。
煤烟熏黑的；乌黑的
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煤烟熏黑的；乌黑的
covered with or as if with soot
The chimney is sooty after the winter.
冬天过后，烟囱里全是煤烟。
煤烟的；与煤烟有关的；产生煤烟的。
Of, relating to, or producing soot.
被煤烟弄脏的。
Soiled with soot
煤烟色的。
Of the color of soot.
The old chimney was sooty, and black dust fell into the room.
旧烟囱被煤烟熏黑了，黑色的灰尘落进房间里。
After cleaning the fireplace, her hands were completely sooty.
清理壁炉后，她的双手完全乌黑了。
The sooty windows made it hard to see outside.
被煤烟熏黑的窗户让人很难看到外面。
用 be + sooty 描述主语处于沾满煤烟的状态。
The chimney is sooty after the winter.
冬天过后，烟囱里全是煤烟。
sooty 作定语时直接放在名词前，表示“被煤烟熏黑的”。
She wiped the sooty windowsill with a damp cloth.
她用湿布擦了擦乌黑的窗台。
get/become sooty 表示从干净变成满是煤烟的状态。
His hands became sooty while he cleaned the stove.
他清理炉子时双手变得乌黑。
look sooty 表示从外观判断某物布满煤烟。
The old lamp looks sooty from years of use.
那盏旧灯因使用多年看起来黑乎乎的。
Not this
The chimney is soot.
Use this
The chimney is sooty.
soot 是名词，意为“煤烟”；表示“被煤烟熏黑的”要用形容词 sooty。这里作表语需要形容词，不能用名词。
Not this
This wall is sooter than that one.
Use this
This wall is sootier than that one.
sooty 的比较级是 sootier，规则是以辅音字母加 y 结尾的形容词，变 y 为 i 再加 -er；sooter 不是正确形式。
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乌黑的；煤烟般的黑色
The fire left sooty black marks on the ceiling.
火在天花板上留下了乌黑的痕迹。
含煤烟的烟；黑烟
Sooty smoke rose from the factory chimney.
煤烟从工厂的烟囱里升起。
煤烟沉积物
A thick sooty deposit covered the inside of the stove.
炉子内部覆盖着一层厚厚的煤烟沉积物。
沾满煤烟的手指
He wiped his sooty fingers on his trousers.
他在裤子上擦了擦沾满煤烟的手指。
积满煤烟的烟囱
A sooty chimney can easily catch fire.
积满煤烟的烟囱很容易着火。
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记忆联想：sooty 像 soot（煤烟）加上 -y，想象烟囱口被煤烟熏得乌黑，就是“煤烟熏黑的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、文学或环境描写 通常用于描述物体表面被煤烟覆盖或颜色乌黑，口语和书面语中都比较常见，属于中性词。
以上词都与 sooty 押韵，均以 /uːti/ 结尾。注意拼写相近的 soot 读 /sʊt/，suit 读 /suːt/，它们的读音都与 sooty 不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.