• n. 煤煙，煙灰
• vt. 用煤煙熏黑；以煤煙弄臟

來自古英語 sot,煤煙，煙灰，來自 Proto-Germanic*sota,煤煙，油灰，來自 sitjana,坐下，來自 PIE*sed,坐下，詞源同 sit,sedate.比喻用法。

soot

soot: [OE] Soot is etymologically that which ‘sits’ on something – that is, a film which settles on a surface. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sōtam, which was descended from the Indo-European base *sōd-, *sed- ‘sit’ (source also of English settle, sit, etc). By the time it reached English it had become specialized in meaning to the ‘fine black particles produced by burning’.
=> settle, sit

soot (n.)

Old English sot "soot," from Proto-Germanic *sotam "soot" (cognates: Old Norse sot, Old Dutch soet, North Frisian sutt), literally "what settles," from PIE *sod-o- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic sa?da, Lithuanian suod?iai, Old Irish suide, Breton huzel "soot"), suffixed form of root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).

1. Their faces were blackened with soot.

他們滿臉煤灰。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Soot is the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.

煤煙是燃料不完全燃燒的產物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Soot is usually the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.

煤煙通常是燃料不完全燃燒的產物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The inside of a chimney soon gets covered in soot.

煙囪里面很快就覆蓋了一層煤煙.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Soot fouls the air.

煙屑污染空氣.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》