单词 | loury |
释义 | louryloweryadj. Of the sky, etc.: Dull, gloomy, threatening. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > threatening louringa1450 heavy1582 loury1686 sinister1838 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > specifically of the sky darkOE louringa1450 drumlya1522 loury1686 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > specifically of aspect, etc. louringa1450 ominousa1593 loury1686 to look black1709 squally1814 thundery1824 thunderous1844 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xiii. 67 XXI 1 m. close, H. wd m. often lowry, some shedding o. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) vii. xix. 90 And in my wretched Being's lowry morn Dawn'd nor eternal Night. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvii. xxxii. 260 But strait their Sunshine turn'd to lowry weather. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Lowry, hazy, dull dark Weather, when the Air looks thick..and Rain is threatened. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 39 The day was lowery. 1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls xi. 228 Loury grew the sky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1686 |
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