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 sooty /ˈsʊti, ˈsʌ, ˈsu-/
 (a.)煤煙燻黑了的,烏黑的

 Soot·y a. [Compar. Sootier superl. Sootiest.]
 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. “Fire of sooty coal.”
 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. “The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.”
 Sooty albatross Zool., an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.
 Sooty tern Zool., a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.

 Soot·y, v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.]
    Sootied with noisome smoke.   --Chapman.
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 sooty
      adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
            [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy]
      [also: sootiest, sootier]