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- cloud [klaυd] [klaud]
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- 1. noun 云
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2.
noun
云状物（如烟、尘、雾等）
- 3. noun （虫、鸟、飞机等）飞掠而过的一大群（或一大队），（移动中的）一群
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4.
noun
（液体或透明固体中的）模糊的斑影，朦胧不清之处
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5.
noun
（大理石等的）黑斑；瑕疵
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6.
noun
阴暗物，遮暗物；阴影
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7.
vt.
使阴云密布
- 8. vt. 使混乱，使模糊，使浑浊，把…弄得朦胧不清
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9.
vt.
把…弄暗，使黑暗，使变暗，遮暗，遮蒙，使不分明，使黯然
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10.
vt.
使阴郁，使焦虑，使（脸色等）阴沉下来
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11.
vt.
玷污（名誉等）；损害（友谊等）
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12.
vi.
云层密布；（镜面等）布满模糊斑点
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13.
vi.
变阴郁，变焦虑，（脸）现愁容，（脸色等）阴沉下来
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cloud [klaυd]
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1.
n
a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulate - See also cirrus cumulonimbus cumulus stratus
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2.
n
any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust
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3.
n
a large number of insects or other small animals in flight
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4.
n
something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom
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5.
n
[jewellery]
a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
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6.
vb
[
when intr,often foll by overor up] to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct -
7.
vt.
[tr]
to make obscure; darken
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to confuse or impair
- emotion clouded his judgment
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9.
vt.
to make or become gloomy or depressed
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10.
vt.
[tr]
to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace
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11.
vt.
to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull
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12.
vt.
to become or render mottled or variegated
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13.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13 (in the sense: a mass of vapour): from Old English cl
u d rock, hill; probably related toclod
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1.
n
a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulate - See also cirrus cumulonimbus cumulus stratus
Examples
- Generally, rain cloud is higher than non rain cloud in altitude and its temperature is lower than that of non rain cloud.
- 一般说来，积雨云的高度会高于非积雨云，但其温度要低于后者。 → altitude
- a cloud of locusts
- 一群蝗虫 → cloud
- striking cloud effects
- 引人注目的云彩景色 → effect
- Look at that cloud！It has an animal shape! Guess which animal I'm thinking about.
- 看那片云，是个动物的形状！猜猜我想到了什么动物。 → animal
- The entire region is covered in thick cloud.
- 整个地区乌云密布。 → cloud
- There was a dense cloud of cigar smoke in the room.
- 房间里笼罩着浓密的雪茄烟雾。
- If someone is under a cloud, they are not trusted or not popular because people think they have done something bad.
- 一个人如果名誉扫地了，那么他就再不会得到信任，也不再受欢迎，因为所有人都觉得他做了错事。
- It is said that he must end his career under a cloud.
- 据说是因为他在公司名誉扫地，所以才不得不辞职。
- every cloud has a silver lining
- 黑暗中总有一线光明 → cloud
- a great black cloud of smoke
- 一团巨大的黑烟 → great
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