haze

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

haze [haze hazes hazed hazing] noun, verb BrE [heɪz] NAmE [heɪz]
noun
1. countable, uncountable air that is difficult to see through because it contains very small drops of water, especially caused by hot weather
•a heat haze
2. singular air containing sth that makes it difficult to see through it
•a haze of smoke/dust/steam
3. singular a mental state in which your thoughts, feelings, etc. are not clear
•an alcoholic haze
•a haze of pain

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 and n. early 18th cent. ↑hazyv. sense 2 late 17th cent. Scots ‘frighten, scold, or beat’ French haser ‘tease or insult’

Example Bank:
•He watched the world through a haze of tobacco smoke.
•In the evenings a blue haze hung in the valleys.
•Meetings are always conducted in a haze of cigarette smoke.
•The locomotive was surrounded by a haze of smoke.
•The sun now had a faint golden haze around it.
•a thick haze of smoke
•The plain stretched for miles until it became lost in blue haze.

 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to become covered or to cover sth in a ↑haze
2. ~ sb (NAmE)to play tricks on sb, especially a new student, or to give them very unpleasant things to do, sometimes as a condition for entering a ↑fraternity or ↑sorority
•Several students were hospitalized for injuries caused by hazing.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 and n. early 18th cent. ↑hazyv. sense 2 late 17th cent. Scots ‘frighten, scold, or beat’ French haser ‘tease or insult’
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  daze, fog