单词 | trade cumulus |
释义 | > as lemmastrade cumulus trade cumulus n. Meteorology cumulus cloud in shallow, detached, uniform blocks, typically occurring over the ocean where the trade wind is blowing.Cf. trade-wind cloud n. at trade wind n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1887 R. Abercromby Weather xiii. 332 The weather in the trades is usually fine, and the sky more or less covered with a peculiar small detached cumulus, often called ‘trade cumulus’. 1951 Q. Jrnl. Royal Meteorol. Soc. 77 617 Presumably the liquid-water content of the trade cumulus is somewhat higher than that of stratus. 2001 H. Holmes Secret Life Dust vii. 116 Starved of ocean water, the local ‘trade cumulus’ clouds evaporate, and the Sun bears down unhindered. < as lemmas |
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