| 单词 | cloud |
| 释义 | cloud (klaʊd ) Word forms: clouds , clouding , clouded 1. variable noun A2 A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour. ...the varied shapes of the clouds. The sky was almost entirely obscured by cloud. ...the risks involved in flying through cloud. Synonyms: mist, fog, haze, obscurity 2. countable noun B2 A cloud of something such as smoke or dust is a mass of it floating in the air. The hens darted away on all sides, raising a cloud of dust. [+ of] Synonyms: billow, mass, shower, puff 3. singular noun The cloud is the network of remote servers that is used in cloud computing. [computing] If the cloud were a country, it would rank fifth in the world in electricity demand. The use of cloud storage has expanded hugely in recent years. 4. verb If you say that something clouds your view of a situation, you mean that it makes you unable to understand the situation or judge it properly. Perhaps anger had clouded his vision, perhaps his judgment had been faulty. [VERB noun] In his latter years religious mania clouded his mind. [VERB noun] Synonyms: confuse, obscure, distort, impair 5. verb If you say that something clouds a situation, you mean that it makes it unpleasant. His last years were clouded by financial difficulties. [be VERB-ed + by] 6. ergative verb If your eyes or face cloud or if sadness or anger clouds them, your eyes or your face suddenly show sadness or anger. [literary] Trish's face clouded with disappointment. [VERB with noun] As he looked at Katherine, great sorrow clouded his eyes. [VERB noun] Cloud over means the same as cloud. I saw Sean's face cloud over at this blatant lie. [VERB PARTICLE] 7. verb If glass clouds or if moisture clouds it, tiny drops of water cover the glass, making it difficult to see through. The mirror clouded beside her cheek. [VERB] I run the water very hot, clouding the mirror. [VERB noun] 8. have one's head in the clouds phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you say that someone has their head in the clouds, you are criticizing them because they are ignoring or are unaware of the problems associated with a situation. [informal, disapproval] 9. on cloud nine phrase If you say that someone is on cloud nine, you are emphasizing that they are very happy. [informal, emphasis] When Michael was born I was on cloud nine. 10. under a cloud phrase [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] If someone is under a cloud, people have a poor opinion of them because of something they have done. The military are under a cloud for killing civilians while breaking up a demonstration. 11. every cloud has a silver lining phrase If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it. As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. We have drawn lessons from the decisions taken. Phrasal verbs: cloud over phrasal verb If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds. After a fine day, the sky had clouded over and suddenly rain lashed against the windows. [VERB PARTICLE] Quotations: I wander'd lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hillsI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Idioms: under a cloud suffering from disapproval or criticism because of something that you have done or are believed to have done He was under a cloud after his men failed to find who had placed the bomb in the office. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on cloud nine very happy because something very good has happened to you I never expected to win, so I'm on cloud nine. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers every cloud has a silver lining said to mean that there is always a good or pleasant side-effect of a bad or unpleasant situation As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. If we hadn't missed the plane, we would never have met you. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: ash cloud Could a change in the weather clear the ash cloud? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Many southern airports could remain closed after a new ash cloud drifted towards the UK last night. The Sun (2010) Airlines diverted or cancelled flights in the region of the volcanic ash cloud to avoid serious damage to aircraft. Times, Sunday Times (2008) These are known to promote cloud formation and the hope was that they could also produce rain. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The cloud formation rolls backwards as it surges forward at speed. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Seventy miles southwestward, another cloud formation had formed over the dim blue shape of the White Mountains. THE JOE LEAPHORN MYSTERIES (1989) This bizarre cloud formation was seen hanging in the sky moments after a violent storm. The Sun (2008) A cloud hangs over the corporation's biggest money-spinner of recent years, however. Times, Sunday Times One cloud hangs over the bout. Times, Sunday Times Yet a cloud hangs over cash dispensers too. Times, Sunday Times That cloud hangs over him. Times, Sunday Times A misty cloud hangs over the falls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists were worried not just by the loss of the expensive satellites but also because the cloud of debris risked causing a chain reaction, with one collision leading to another. Times, Sunday Times Tornadoes come in many sizes but typically form a visible condensation funnel whose narrowest end reaches the earth and surrounded by a cloud of debris and dust. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That boat and those people were blown to fragments and scattered in the great clouds of debris that darkened the sky. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, last week's incident sent two large clouds of debris into the orbits of numerous satellites. Times, Sunday Times He then vanishes in a cloud of mist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the summer months, as the train rolls into to the station, a cloud of mist can be seen under the train. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wire beneath his feet traced a looping path out over the lip of the falls, threading clouds of mist that rose like dry ice from the chasm. Times, Sunday Times As darkness lifts, clouds of mist hang in the valley below and gibbons whoop like lonely whales on the sea of trees. Times, Sunday Times As the cowboy strides out of the saloon bar, the doors swing closed behind him, kicking up a cloud of sand and dust. Times, Sunday Times Then 100 metres away there was a soft thud and a billowing mushroom cloud of sand and debris. The Sun He gestured at the ageing helicopter landing on an adjacent field, in a swirling cloud of sand, to take the most serious cases. Times, Sunday Times While doing this, a cloud of sand surrounds the ray and sand spews from its gills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their rotors in the yard of the tiny clinic swept in clouds of sand and debris: used bandages and swabs. Times, Sunday Times The pilot may not have been able to see him in the cloud of snow disturbed by the rotors. Times,Sunday Times A massive cloud of snow rolled across the city and blotted it out under a white shroud. Times, Sunday Times Blinding clouds of snow made it impossible at times to see more than 50 yards ahead. Times, Sunday Times It's hushed and empty and blanketed by fallen clouds of snow. Times, Sunday Times For him, yesterday's events offered the first tangible hope of emerging from this cloud of suspicion. Times, Sunday Times While this happens, the arrested person remains under a cloud of suspicion and their life can begin to fall apart. The Sun They said their samples kept them under a cloud of suspicion. The Sun You are then left with no evidence but the cloud of suspicion remains. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly disappearing after lying about his whereabouts at the end of episode one didn't help to remove the cloud of suspicion. Times,Sunday Times This week, four very different releases that fall under the indie banner help to cloud the issue further. Times, Sunday Times Otherwise, certainty and ready enforceability would be hindered by constant attempts to cloud the issue by reference to pre-contractual negotiations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They may give them different titles (such as 'central support'), which rather clouds the issue, at least from an outsider's perspective. Times, Sunday Times She can be unemotional about something because emotion clouds an issue and it's unprofessional. The Sun Now no such thoughts cloud his mind. Times, Sunday Times When you are in the execution business, reading books only clouds the mind. Times, Sunday Times She doesn't ask about that, at least at first, because she thinks it clouds the mind and stops her making a sensible decision. Times, Sunday Times Not fully described, due to the fact that it somehow clouds the mind of its prey (that once included the human settlers). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But greed, corruption, and the promise of eternal life clouded his mind of all reason. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ears seemed not two separate things but a single heart shape, but this effect was not pronounced enough to cloud the vision with sentimentality. Times, Sunday Times Don't let that, or the barrage of science that museums will put up, cloud your vision, he insists. Times, Sunday Times Doing so without the country's largest mobile phone networks would cloud that vision and turn attention towards what costs can be ripped out of the combined company. Times, Sunday Times Huge discount signs cloud your vision as rail upon rail of mismatched clothing blocks your path through the shop floor. The Sun Tears from the rejection in her eyes cloud her vision which already poor due to the darkness of the woods, and she soon become hopelessly lost. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the clouds drift in, all navigable features are fast disappearing in the gloom. Times, Sunday Times Or at least something, anything, that would make the smile return and the clouds drift away. Times,Sunday Times But these dark clouds drift over a generally sunny landscape. Times,Sunday Times So, with light winds, the clouds drift around aimlessly. Times, Sunday Times The fluffy clouds drift across the sky. Times, Sunday Times When storm clouds gather, what can you do but face the music and dance like billyo? Times, Sunday Times When storm clouds gather, bullion begins to shine. Times,Sunday Times As the economic rain clouds gather, however, her cheeriness may seem misplaced. Times, Sunday Times Storm clouds gather, but the rain falls on the other side of the mountain, never watering his land. Christianity Today As economic storm clouds gather, value will be the watchword. Times, Sunday Times Storm clouds loom, the heavens open and it's raining - even in the world of fashion. Times, Sunday Times When there's a hard frost on the ground and dark clouds loom, it can be hard to find a reason to leave the house. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes storm clouds loom in the background. Times, Sunday Times Within a few seconds, clouds of steam began to rise from his clothing. Times, Sunday Times The audience sit in tiers above the two platforms, thrilling to tremendous flashings, sound effects and clouds of steam even before the real engine appears. Times, Sunday Times Clouds of steam hiss out from the base of the rising loaf; it looks like a spaceship trying to take off. Times, Sunday Times The clouds of steam along the beach create a phenomenon that looks like a ghostly rainbow. Times, Sunday Times The geysers, which fire clouds of steam into the air, are a signature attraction of the park. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly the clouds part and it rears like a dazzling iceberg: 50 miles away, but unimaginably vast. Times, Sunday Times But suddenly, the clouds part, the rain stops and the winter sun shines out. The Sun Astronomers believe that clouds part and winds change direction during an eclipse. Times, Sunday Times Thankfully, it never stays glum for long in summer here and within minutes, the clouds part, the sun peeps through and the sand starts steaming as the rain dries off. The Sun Daffodils brighten our lawns, clouds part across a sharp blue sky and blossom bursts out all over. Times, Sunday Times He was blacking out, with a sensation like a roar of water in his ears and a dark cloud, rolling across his mind. KARA KUSH (2004) They often feed in flocks, and when they are disturbed they go chattering away delightfully in a dark cloud across the sky. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The dark cloud prompted by the global financial crisis of 2008 did not wreak as much havoc in 2009 as commentators had feared. Times, Sunday Times (2010) For much of the time, it was invisible beneath dense cloud. Times, Sunday Times Dense cloud was reported in the area at the time the plane lost contact. Times, Sunday Times Early brightness gave way to dense cloud and a sharp slap of rain, delivered by a bitter northwesterly, sent even hardened twitchers scurrying for cover. Times, Sunday Times Its dense cloud of gas and dust make its interior invisible to optical telescopes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using a filter to better see water haze on top of the dense cloud cover, motions in the equatorial and southern regions are clearly visible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You can even create fluffy clouds to bridge a gap. Times, Sunday Times As the name suggests, it involves trimming an already large shrub with small leaves into irregular shapes that resemble fluffy clouds. Times, Sunday Times I was in a restaurant near there last week and there were plates, bowls and vases piled high with fluffy clouds of pink swirly meringues. The Sun And, for a moment there, the haiku he wrote - with its talk of dolphins and fluffy clouds - was everything he'd promised and more. Times, Sunday Times The fluffy clouds drift across the sky. Times, Sunday Times She slobbed around like a giant cloud of irritability. The Sun Scientists had believed that a giant cloud of gas from which some of the brightest stars were born had taken the form of a ring surrounding the sun. Times,Sunday Times Why are we sitting here, wrapped in a giant cloud, watching nothing? Times, Sunday Times Analysis concluded that this was a giant cloud of hydrogen gas falling onto a clump of dark matter in the early universe, creating a protogalaxy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mind you, that's always a good rule with scent: there are few things as off-putting as people turning up in giant clouds of fragrance. Times, Sunday Times But instead of blue skies, heavy grey clouds obscured the view. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Japan's capital had been under a big grey rain cloud for the past three days. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The first indication that our voyage was ending was a mass of grey cloud in the sky. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The conditions yesterday, with heavy cloud cover and a lush outfield, would have pleased them all. Times, Sunday Times (2010) McKinnon regarded the slate-grey seas, the heavy cloud and the falling snow with considerable satisfaction. SAN ANDREAS (2002) Face's flight lifts off in a huge cloud of dust and grit. The Sun The sun then lifted up the river and made the river into a huge cloud. Christianity Today Above us, with dawn breaking, there was a huge cloud, as grey as marble, vaguely reminiscent of a nuclear mushroom. Times, Sunday Times But in 2014 she was given her five-year all-clear, lifting a huge cloud. The Sun At the nearby parliament building, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered and in a huge cloud of dust two tanks- again laden with soldiers - were guarding the entrance. Times, Sunday Times Even tiny alterations of light cloud movement or the tide change the whole landscape. Times, Sunday Times Yet looking at the more detailed hour-by-hour summaries, all but one show light cloud, without any rain whatsoever. Times, Sunday Times It was sunny and warm, with light cloud cover. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were some light clouds in the sky, of course. Times, Sunday Times The center part shows a partially harvested field of wheat under a sky patterned with light clouds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pouring rain made the track unrideable and the emergency helicopter could not fly to the track because of low cloud. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Early mist and low cloud may plague some southwestern coasts but should clear inland fairly readily. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Where fog or low cloud lingers it will be chilly for some. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The air was humid and moist, bringing mist, low cloud and fog in the mornings. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Today we will see morning fog lifting into low cloud. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But it's been an ominous cloud over my understanding of local church ministry for decades. Christianity Today The last good showers, he said, had been in 2014, but ominous clouds were dotted all over the skies. Times,Sunday Times The weather forecast, however, was for showers with heavy downpours in some places, and sure enough by mid-morning ominous clouds began to gather. Times, Sunday Times This mixes and condenses overnight, causing ominous clouds in the mornings. Times, Sunday Times There are ominous clouds on the horizon. Times, Sunday Times Visible and infrared waves of light cannot penetrate the cloud. Times,Sunday Times Some of the highlands reach high enough to penetrate the cloud layer and receive some direct sunlight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because they were in trail and not in close formation vees, the tugs and gliders were able to penetrate the clouds without losing formation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It often reaches cloudbase and indeed can be seen penetrating the cloud cover. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Jade-green peaks penetrate the clouds and are encircled by them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He spends more time than most on almost gratuitous beauty (puffy clouds, swimming turtles, beautiful hands). Christianity Today Notions of blue skies, puffy clouds and hot sunshine all summer long were the exceptions, not the rule. Times, Sunday Times Puffy clouds that look like bits of cotton wool floating in lots of blue sky are a sign of fair weather. Times, Sunday Times It rained when we wanted it to rain, it was foggy when we wanted it to be foggy and the deep blue skies came with wonderful white puffy clouds. Times, Sunday Times In a magnificent finale at the end of day, a heavenly display of sunbeams then pierced the puffy clouds as the sun sank lower in the sky. Times,Sunday Times The skies in winter are darkened by smoke clouds of pink-footed geese. Times, Sunday Times To do this, some researchers drive to the edges of wildfires, probing their secrets with laser and radar equipment that can see through the billowing smoke clouds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Smoke had the ability to generate smoke clouds and various gases, including toxic ones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Resulting dust, sand and smoke clouds severely reduced the visibility making it difficult to see anything. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Purpose-built buggies, trucks and bikes race at up to 140mph across barren land, narrow dirt tracks and silt beds, spewing clouds of dust. Times, Sunday Times The 8,070-foot volcano began releasing spurts of incandescent molten rock and spewing clouds of smoke and ash into the sky, causing over 30,000 local residents to evacuate the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The volcano spewed clouds of ash and gas 5 km into the sky for more than an hour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A lone mountain peak sends the prevailing northerly winds into streets of swirling clouds. Times,Sunday Times Here he would meditate and do yoga in between his climbs to focus his breathing and movement, 'just watching the swirling clouds and living like plankton on the rock'. Times, Sunday Times Swirling clouds of hot dust and gas orbit the newly formed star. Times, Sunday Times Imagine being under water and looking up at grey waves rolling over the surface above — except that these were swirling clouds rolling around in the sky. Times, Sunday Times Her signature style includes vast skies and swirling clouds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much of England was under thick cloud the next day. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It has remained largely dry, although an area of thicker cloud has worked in from the North Sea. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The oppressive blanket of thick grey cloud on the 1,000ft cliffs feels as if it's within touching distance. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It descended yesterday; a thin cloud lingering on the pitch like dry ice left on stage after the finale of a magician's act. Times, Sunday Times As all these clouds drifted lazily past the setting sun, a large smudge of multicoloured light emerged through the shroud of thin cloud. Times, Sunday Times Scientists have speculated that global warming could cause high thin cloud cover to increase, thereby increasing temperatures and humidity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clouds did clear but during their most important observations the sun was covered by a thin cloud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Iridescent clouds are created by minute water droplets - as small as 0.001mm - of roughly similar size in very thin clouds. Times, Sunday Times It sounded like a thunder cloud. Times, Sunday Times The fire consumed 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) of bushland, with the heat creating intense updrafts of wind, causing thunder clouds to form. Times, Sunday Times Huge thunder clouds block the way to the satellite. Times, Sunday Times Dark thunder clouds turned day into night as torrential rain flooded the city's roads. The Sun A few thunder clouds brooded on the horizon. Times, Sunday Times The inquiry team has established that the explosion happened because tank 912 was overflowing with unleaded petrol, causing a vapour cloud to form and eventually ignite. Times, Sunday Times The liquid formed a vapour cloud and fell to the ground, where probably it was ignited by a backfire from an idling pick-up truck. Times, Sunday Times This and blast damage from the bursting pressure vessel are relatively localised compared with unconfined vapour cloud explosions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Escaping cyclohexane formed a flammable vapour cloud and ignited. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There have always been young people who longed to get out of the schoolroom's vapouring cloud of formulae and theories and lists. Times, Sunday Times And to make sure it all worked seamlessly, the operation would have to be supported by vast cloud servers. Times,Sunday Times Microscopic particles of salt are flung off from sea spray and on a calm day create a vast cloud of invisible aerosols, far too small for us to see. Times, Sunday Times She sleeps in the bedroom and emits a vast cloud of mustard gas every five minutes. The Sun We sailed round to the windward side of the island, where there were fewer nesters, but a vast cloud of nonbreeding gannets rose into the sky. Times, Sunday Times Come spring, though, vast clouds of algae bloom off our coasts and the whales come to feed. Times, Sunday Times The scenery was mind-blowing and the wild horses and goats and wispy clouds made it feel almost mystical up there. The Sun Contrails disperse into wispy clouds which trap heat in the atmosphere, a study showed. Times, Sunday Times As meteors burn up in the mesosphere they leave behind smoky trails that act as seeds for water vapour to freeze into tiny ice crystals that form wispy clouds. Times, Sunday Times He elicited gasps from the packed stands just by walking into the arena yesterday afternoon, the sun shining amid a few wispy clouds, at just after 2pm. Times, Sunday Times Acres of golden sunflowers shimmered on the riverbank beneath wispy clouds swirling in a bright blue sky. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 云, 蒙蔽 Japanese: 雲, 曇らせる |
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