Dictionary entry

Smoky

Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊki/

Pronunciation

/ˈsməʊki/

Myanmar Meaning

မီးခိုးထုတ်လွှတ်သော။ မီးခိုးဖြင့် ပြည့်နေသော။ မီးခိုးကြောင့် စွန်းထင်းသော။ မီးခိုးရောင်နှင့် တူသော။

Definition

smoky /'små7ki/ adj ( -ier , -iest ) ၁။ (က) မီးခိုးအူေသာ။ smoky chimneys/fires. (ခ) မီးခိုးအူေသာ။ the smoky atmosphere of a room/an industrial town. ၂။ မီးခိုးနံ႔ရေသာ။ smoky cheeses. ၃။ မီးခိုး ေရာင္။ a pretty smoky glass ❍ a smoky grey coat.

Examples

  1. ‘The smoky
  2. oniony smell of the fair already filled my lungs.’
  3. ‘I felt a rumbling beneath my feet
  4. and smelled a smoky scent in the air.’
  5. ‘As the smoky smell grew stronger
  6. she rushed out of her son's room to investigate.’
  7. ‘The rank smoky smell recalls the lamp at Uncle Don's lodge on the lake where Jack and I went to swim on hot nights.’
  8. ‘The old image of snooker is of seedy
  9. smoky
  10. dimly-lit halls filled with sallow-complexioned men
  11. pint in one hand
  12. cigarette in the other as they wait their turn at the table.’
  13. ‘The bar had a smoky atmosphere
  14. filled with boisterous Alithanians.’
  15. ‘It had the typical incense smoky smell along with a bit of earthy amber
  16. hibiscus
  17. and a hint of patchouli.’
  18. ‘There's probably more
  19. I'm sure
  20. but I'm tired
  21. and I have to shower and clean off the smell from smoky bars so that I can rest.’
  22. ‘In the club
  23. the air is smoky and smells of burning apricot incense
  24. and there are ladies and men dressed in clothing that bedazzles and confuses me with its glory.’
  25. ‘The lights didn't work half the time
  26. the heating broke down
  27. there was trash everywhere and a strange
  28. smoky smell permeated everything.’
  29. ‘After the remains of the satellite had crashed to earth
  30. the village head noticed that the air had a smoky
  31. gunpowdery smell and thought a plane had crashed nearby.’
  32. ‘It's also possible that the appeal of smoky rock bars filled with booze and sexual possibilities might be an unbearable temptation.’
  33. ‘In other words
  34. no ventilation system can remove the harmful elements in secondhand smoke from the air - even if the room doesn't smell smoky.’
  35. ‘She led her into the depths of the boat to a small
  36. rather smoky room which smelled deliciously of stew.’
  37. ‘I seat myself on an old mahogany chair and begin to feel soothed by the sweet
  38. smoky smell of joss stick incense.’
  39. ‘I smell rather smokey after the pub
  40. and I was hoping I wouldn't.’
  41. ‘Squatters occupy vacant lots in the upscale neighborhood where the Kumars live in Hyderabad
  42. and their campfires give the warm air a smoky smell.’
  43. ‘The tavern was smoky and filled with quite a few strange creatures.’
  44. ‘CoCo View incinerates its garbage
  45. and the strong smoky smell often permeated the rooms.…’
  46. ‘He smelled a little smoky
  47. but the firefighters hadn't let anyone get near enough to become covered with soot.’