summer's cloudn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌməz ˈklaʊd/, U.S.

/ˌsəmərz ˈklaʊd/

Forms: see summer n.¹ and cloud n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, cloud n.

Etymology: < the genitive of summer n.¹ + cloud n. Compare slightly later summer cloud n.

Now rare.

A cloud such as is seen on a summer day; = summer cloud n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > fine-weather cloud

summer's clouda1616

summer cloud1620

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 110 Can such things..ouercome vs like a Summers Clowd, Without our speciall wonder?

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 222 A shelter and a kind of shading cool Interposition, as a summers cloud .

1897 H. Fuller Vivian of Virginia xii. 217 I was loth to interrupt the thoughts that played over her fairhood like a summer's cloud athwart the morning sky.

1971 Prairie Schooner Spring 34 The satchel was like a summer's cloud in his hands, light but not empty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summers cloud
释义	summer's cloudn. Brit. /ˌsʌməz ˈklaʊd/, U.S. /ˌsəmərz ˈklaʊd/ Forms: see summer n.¹ and cloud n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, cloud n. Etymology: < the genitive of summer n.¹ + cloud n. Compare slightly later summer cloud n. Now rare. A cloud such as is seen on a summer day; = summer cloud n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > fine-weather cloud summer's clouda1616 summer cloud1620 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 110 Can such things..ouercome vs like a Summers Clowd, Without our speciall wonder? View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 222 A shelter and a kind of shading cool Interposition, as a summers cloud . View more context for this quotation 1897 H. Fuller Vivian of Virginia xii. 217 I was loth to interrupt the thoughts that played over her fairhood like a summer's cloud athwart the morning sky. 1971 Prairie Schooner Spring 34 The satchel was like a summer's cloud in his hands, light but not empty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616
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