Smog Meaning
/smɒɡ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
verbTo get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
Sentence Examples
The air was infected with photochemical smog.
The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
In large cities, in London for instance, there is heavy smog.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The city was covered in thick ____ from factory pollution, making it hard to breathe.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy ____ in the city made it difficult for people with respiratory issues to go outside.
Word Origin & History
Blend of smoke + fog.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A widow since 1967, she lives now in Honolulu because, she says, she can enjoy the Californialike climate without the smog."
— 1973 April 22, Martha Weinman Lear, “Clare Boothe Luce, she who is behind ‘The Women’”, in The New York Times:
"Everyone smoked so if the auditorium was full, the whole room would be filled with smoke in next to no time. It was like the legendary London smog of the 1950s in there sometimes. You took it in turn to “flash the ash” as it was called."
— 2015, Richard Blackshire, Newtown Naughty Boy, page 145:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city was covered in thick ____ from factory pollution, making it hard to breathe.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy ____ in the city made it difficult for people with respiratory issues to go outside.