| 单词 | nimbus |
| 释义 | nimbus —nimbused, adj. /nim"beuhs/, n. , pl. nimbi /-buy/, nimbuses. 1. Class. Myth. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth. 2. a cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing: The candidate was encompassed with a nimbus of fame. 3. halo (def. 1). 4. the type of dense clouds or cloud mass with ragged edges, that yields rain or snow; a rain cloud. 5. (cap.) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of polar-orbiting meteorological and environmental research satellites, the last of which Nimbus 7, launched 1978, was the first satellite designed to monitor atmospheric pollutants. [1610-20; < L: a rainstorm, rain cloud, thundercloud, cloud; akin to L nebula and Gk nephéle, néphos cloud] |
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