JOSEPH
Please help me with some adj.s as 'mist-shrouded'. The vast expanse of blue waters is dotted by fishing boats against an enchanting background of *mist-shrouded hills. Are there some more literary and romantic words to say 'mist-shrouded'? Since it seems such a picturesque scenery. Thank you!Please, do not just read the title. I totally and absolutely understand what it means, I just want to know other ways to say it, other than this compound word with '--', some other more literary expressions.And I'm really sorry for any misunderstanding caused by my title. Thank you so much for your time, Cherry and Jura.
2009年11月12日 07:48
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My alternative words and my explanations/perceptions of the differences between them. mist-shrouded = - enveloped - encased/surrounded by/wrapped - masked - hidden from clear view/mysterious/holds anticipation (like it has covered itself from view - it gave permission for the mist - more mysterious) - concealed - hidden (someone else has hidden it - doesn't want it to be discovered) - enshrined (as if sacred/special) - engulfed (swallowed/the mist has almost eaten the hills) ... in mist
2009年11月12日
Ok then , another try :) "The vast expanse of blue waters is dotted by fishing boats against an enchanting background with the dazzle of haze sprinkled all over the hills". " The vast expanse of blue waters is dotted by fishing boats against an enchanting background of clouds of mist floating over the hills".
2009年11月12日
Hello,Joseph Ok.I'll try,but I'm not native-speaker.So my version is "embroidered in haze" =)
2009年11月12日
Hi Joseph, a shroud is something that conceals, protects, or screens: so in your sentence the hills were under a shroud/cover of fog.
2009年11月12日
Hello Joseph, It is a metaphor. " shrouded" means forming a cover like a shroud or wrap in a shroud (which means concretely a burial garment, but anything that surrounds an object or situation can be referred to as a shroud of something.) . "mist" is the thin fog condensed near the ground, it consists of a large number of tiny drops of water in the air, which make it difficult to see very far. The picture is of a hill wrapped in mist or covered with it as a shroud , a cover , a wrap surrounding an object.
2009年11月12日
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