| 单词 | woolpack cloud | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoolpack cloud  b.  Originally  woolpack cloud: A fleecy cumulus cloud. Chiefly plural (or collective singular). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > 			[noun]		 > a cloud > cumulus > specific types woolpack cloud1648 trade-wind cloud1902 cloud street1954 1648    Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 		(1879)	 128  				A day most clear;..wherein Some wool-pack Clouds in corner's bin. a1722    E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry 		(1757)	 440  				The sky full of light wool-pack clouds boding no rain. 1794    G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. lii. 563  				In the north of England, such clouds are called woolpacks. 1869    Daily News 13 Feb.  				The ordinary cumulus or woolpack cloud. 1883    R. F. Burton  & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 69  				The bright blue air, flecked with wool-pack. woolpack cloud  3.  attributive, as  woolpack cloud (see  2b); in quot. 1647, ? resembling a pack of sheep. Π 1647    J. Cleveland Poems in  Char. London-diurnall 		(Wing C4662)	 28  				Chaos of Presbyt'ry, where Lay-men guide With the tame Woolpack Clergie by their side. < as lemmas  | 
	
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