pea-souper

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpiːˌsuːpə/    美 /ˈpiˌsupɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog. Canada,UK,informal
    — A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.
  2. A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec. Canada,derogatory,slang
    — Those pea-soupers are the worst drivers on the road!

词形变化

pea-soupers plural peasouper alternative pea souper alternative

词汇关系

相关词
pea-soupy

词源

From pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’);
* (dense, yellowish fog”): from the appearance of the fog
* (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup (“(slang, derogatory) French person”).
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