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  • Conjugation : past  overcast ; ing  overcasting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

overcast ['əuvəkɒːst]
  1. 1. adjective 多云

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

overcast ['ovɚ.kæst] ['əuvə-kɑːst]
  1. 1. noun 覆盖;尤指:多云的天
  2. 2. noun [Mining] 风桥
  3. 3. adjective 多云的;阴暗的昏黑
  4. 4. adjective [Sewing] 包边缝纫
  5. 5. vt.,vi. 覆盖遮盖;使阴暗
  6. 6. vt.,vi. [Sewing] 包边缝纫锁边

Collins English-English Dictionary

overcast
  1. 1. adj covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
  2. 2. adj [meteorol] (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
  3. 3. adj gloomy or melancholy
  4. 4. adj sewn over by overcasting
  5. 5. vb to make or become overclouded or gloomy
  6. 6. vb to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
  7. 7. n a covering, as of clouds or mist
  8. 8. n [meteorol] the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
  9. 9. n [Mining] a crossing of two passages without an intersection

Examples

低沉的天空
an overcast sky
天色灰蒙蒙的。
The sky was overcast.
乌云满天。
The sky is overcast with dark clouds.
阴云密布。
The sky was overcast. or Dark clouds were gathering.
浓云密布
overcast with heavy clouds
彤云密布。
Dark clouds were gathering. or The sky was overcast.
天阴了。
The sky is overcast.
多云转阴
cloudy to overcast
你看这天阴得直发黑,出门记着带把伞啊!
The sky is getting overcast, so take an umbrella with you in case it rains.
天看上去阴沉沉的,大概快要下雨了。
The sky is overcast, it's probably going to rain.

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