单词	nimbus
释义	nimbusnim‧bus /ˈnɪmbəs/ noun (plural nimbuses or nimbi /-baɪ/) Word Origin WORD ORIGINnimbus Origin: 1600-1700 Latin ‘rainstorm, cloud’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A nimbus of light had collected there, spinning gently. All around the head of the minister-with-the-film-star looks was a nimbus, or brightly-shining halo. Her face was framed by her Pamela bonnet, a nimbus of straw trimmed with pink ribbons and blue silk anemones. She was cross legged, bare breasted, her hair around her head like a nimbus. The tilted eyes of the others gives the doctor his heroic, questing mien, his humourless nimbus. Then we were higher still and the earth curved away from us, showing a nimbus of atmosphere at its edge. They seemed to glow in the flickering green-gold gold light, as if embraced by a holy nimbus. word sets WORD SETS► Meteorology anticyclone, nounarid, adjectivebarometer, nouncirrus, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecloudbank, nouncold front, nouncontrary, adjectivecumulus, nouncyclone, noundeluge, noundepression, nounduster, noundust storm, nounequatorial, adjectivefront, nounfrontal system, nounheadwind, nounhumidity, nounhurricane, nouninversion, nounisobar, nounisotherm, nounjet stream, nounleeward, adjectivelow, nounlow-pressure, nounmaelstrom, nounmirage, nounmonsoon, nounnimbus, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectiveonshore, adjectivepeasouper, nounpowder, nounprecipitation, nounrainfall, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounsandstorm, nounsea breeze, nounsemitropical, adjectivesheet lightning, nounshipping forecast, nounshower, nounshowery, adjectivesirocco, nounsleet, nounslush, nounsmog, nounsouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesprinkle, nounsquall, nounsqually, adjectivestill, adjectivestorm, nounstorm cloud, nounstormy, adjectivestrength, nounsubside, verbsubtropical, adjectivesub-zero, adjectivetailwind, nountempest, nounthaw, verbthaw, nounthermal, nounthermometer, nounthunder, nounthunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderclap, nounthundercloud, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountornado, nountorrid, adjectivetrade wind, nountropical, adjectivetrough, nountsunami, nounturbulence, nounturbulent, adjectivetwister, nountyphoon, nounwarm front, nounwaterspout, nounweather, nounweatherman, nounweather vane, nounwest, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewhirlwind, nounwhiteout, noun 1[countable, uncountable] technical a dark cloud that may bring rain or snow2[countable] a halo
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