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单词 smoke machine
释义

smoke machine

English

A smoke machine used for hazardous materials training

Noun

smoke machine (plural smoke machines)

  1. A device that emits a dense vapour that appears similar to fog or smoke, used in theatre, film and other applications.
    • 1982, Aljean Harmetz, “How a Hollywood rumor was born, flourished and died,” The New York Times, 12 December, 1982,
      Al Albergate of the District Attorney’s staff said the task force inquiry into the rumors was mainly based on the assumption that where there’s smoke there’s fire. ¶ “But,” said Mr. Melnick plaintively, “in this business, where there’s smoke, there’s more likely to be a smoke machine.”
    • 2003, Hillel Halkin (translator), The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua, Orlando: Harcourt, Part 6, p. 449,
      A thin, reddish gas drifted upward near the musicians. Produced by a secondhand smoke machine bought by Ibn-Zaidoun from an Israeli disco club, it thickened and spread, forming a mist that enveloped the choir and curled around the plain sandals of the nun.

Synonyms

  • fogger
  • fog machine
  • fog generator
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