Nautical. A small cloud regarded as portending a violent storm, esp. off the coast of Africa. Cf. bull's-eye, n. 10. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > small cloud > portending storm (2) ox-eye1598 Nautical. A small cloud regarded as portending a violent storm, esp. off the coast of Africa. Cf. bull's-eye, n. 10. Obsolete. bull's-eye1849 Nautical. ‘A little dark cloud, reddish in the middle, chiefly appearing about the Cape of Good Hope’ (Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753), supposed to… |
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