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单词 stratocumulus
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Definition of stratocumulus in English:

stratocumulus

noun ˌstratə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləsˌstrɑːtə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləsˌstreɪtə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləs
mass noun
  • Cloud forming a low layer of clumped or broken grey masses.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Data was collected from aircraft flying through from cumulus clouds off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 2002, and from stratocumulus clouds near Monterey, Calif., in 2003.
    • If this is so, any cumulus which does form during the daytime will quickly stop growing and spread into a layer of stratocumulus and then disperse when night comes.
    • They tested their model by comparing its predictions with measurements from field projects devoted to characterizing marine stratocumulus clouds.
    • In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.
    • It is characterized by a sky covered by a layer of stratus or stratocumulus which tends to persist because of the weak atmospheric circulation.
    • Out over the Adriatic the overcast thickened to 10/10 and stratocumulus clouds reared up to 15,000 feet.
    • In case of overcast sky, the stratocumulus cloud type is assumed.
    • The stratocumulus cloud breaks up and the sun comes back.

Rhymes

altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cumulus, tumulus
 
 

Definition of stratocumulus in US English:

stratocumulus

noun
  • Cloud forming a low layer of clumped or broken gray masses.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If this is so, any cumulus which does form during the daytime will quickly stop growing and spread into a layer of stratocumulus and then disperse when night comes.
    • In case of overcast sky, the stratocumulus cloud type is assumed.
    • They tested their model by comparing its predictions with measurements from field projects devoted to characterizing marine stratocumulus clouds.
    • It is characterized by a sky covered by a layer of stratus or stratocumulus which tends to persist because of the weak atmospheric circulation.
    • The stratocumulus cloud breaks up and the sun comes back.
    • Out over the Adriatic the overcast thickened to 10/10 and stratocumulus clouds reared up to 15,000 feet.
    • Data was collected from aircraft flying through from cumulus clouds off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 2002, and from stratocumulus clouds near Monterey, Calif., in 2003.
    • In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.
 
 
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