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单词 storm cloud
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Definition of storm cloud in English:

storm cloud

noun
  • 1A heavy, dark rain cloud.

    暴雨云,雷雨云

    black storm clouds rolled inexorably down the valley
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A big black storm cloud hangs in the sky as we wait to set off for the Kingston Green Fair.
    • It was a black, malevolent storm cloud, twitching and pulsing, rolling in, already filling up the stretch of the sky at the horizon.
    • However, his efforts to silence her weren't needed, because a huge storm cloud came up, and with it, energy frizzed in the air.
    • They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.
    • This effect has already been used for some interesting experiments, such as firing a pulsed laser into a charged storm cloud to initiate a lightning strike back down the light beam.
    • When the local topography permits, you can see lightning and the associated storm cloud from anywhere up to 200 miles away.
    • Soon, a bizarre storm cloud hovers over New York City, seen in the distance from Ray's Newark home.
    • Eleanor nodded, the storm cloud up ahead growing larger.
    • He bailed out, the machine falling away, but his parachute was sucked into a storm cloud.
    • The storm cloud outside the window was a common nineteenth-century symbol of sadness and mourning.
    • Hanging ominously above the rooftops of west London is a massive storm cloud.
    • I was thinking back to the last time I saw Franklin's gulls like this and it was right before a storm, a flock was flying around for insects right in front of the storm cloud.
    • I looked up to see that I was driving in the middle of a storm cloud.
    • It was only a storm cloud, she reassured herself.
    • Waterspouts are basically tornadoes that are over water, and downbursts are violent gusts of winds blowing directly downwards from the storm cloud.
    • Instead of the uniform grayness of the rainy day, we have the black storm cloud and brilliant lightning flash.
    • It was a horrible storm cloud now, blocking out the sun, blocking out the blue of the sky, reaching almost as far as the eye could see.
    • He took Faith's hand in his as they walked toward the sunset, a storm cloud hung overhead, but Faith chose to ignore it.
    • As the ball passed through one of the clouds the cloud lit up for a split second, as if there was a lightening storm within, although it was clearly not a storm cloud.
    • The sea became calm for as far as they could see, and the huge black storm cloud vanished from the sky.
    1. 1.1storm clouds Used in reference to a threatening or ominous state of affairs.
      危险形势(或不祥)的预兆
      the beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe

      在这个十年的开端,欧洲就出现了不祥之兆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead they were all overshadowed by the black storm cloud that hovered above me and made every day - even important, landmark days - a struggle.
      • She continued on as storm clouds grew in Reynald's face.
      • Some perceive the storm clouds gathering over Egypt's political life.
      • Many agency firms that have seen storm clouds gathering over the market have simply opened their umbrellas and continued on with business.
      • Our team had a storm cloud over us today, following some surprisingly bad news relayed by the night float.
      • But with storm clouds gathering over the global economy, the question is just how good that deal will be.
      • When our lovely mother declared she adored Walter at that shindig, a storm cloud threatened to haunt me for the rest of my life.
      • In sum, speculation ran absolutely rampant while ominous storm clouds gathered on the horizon.
      • The second storm cloud is the threat, which leaked out last weekend, of the UK government introducing Capital Gains Tax on house sales.
      • But low inflation is little comfort when storm clouds gather over the jobs horizon.
      • Collins had seen the storm clouds gathering over East Timor's future.
      • As the sultry summer wears on in Korea, though, storm clouds are threatening the car manufacturer's expansive dreams.
      • These meetings eventually became public knowledge, and Austin clearly saw the storm clouds gathering.
      • Ominous storm clouds darkened in the U.S. this week, as a faltering equity market and weakening dollar joined a troubled Credit market.
      • But the flood of new debt continues this year despite the ominous and unmistakable storm clouds of global financial and economic crisis.
      • However, the storm cloud of higher rates now appears to have been blown off course by the chill winds of threatened recessionary pressures.
      • Zweig saw the storm clouds gathering over his native Austria earlier than many.
      • The storm clouds which have been gathering ominously for some time now, have finally burst, bringing a whole world of pain and torment raining down upon our heads.
      • But there's a storm cloud on the horizon - privacy concerns - that many people were talking about.
      • The director uses a variety of expressionistic techniques to create alternating moods of lyricism and ominous storm clouds.

Definition of storm cloud in US English:

storm cloud

nounˈstɔrm ˌklaʊdˈstôrm ˌkloud
  • 1A heavy, dark rain cloud.

    暴雨云,雷雨云

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a black, malevolent storm cloud, twitching and pulsing, rolling in, already filling up the stretch of the sky at the horizon.
    • He bailed out, the machine falling away, but his parachute was sucked into a storm cloud.
    • The storm cloud outside the window was a common nineteenth-century symbol of sadness and mourning.
    • A big black storm cloud hangs in the sky as we wait to set off for the Kingston Green Fair.
    • Waterspouts are basically tornadoes that are over water, and downbursts are violent gusts of winds blowing directly downwards from the storm cloud.
    • It was only a storm cloud, she reassured herself.
    • When the local topography permits, you can see lightning and the associated storm cloud from anywhere up to 200 miles away.
    • I was thinking back to the last time I saw Franklin's gulls like this and it was right before a storm, a flock was flying around for insects right in front of the storm cloud.
    • He took Faith's hand in his as they walked toward the sunset, a storm cloud hung overhead, but Faith chose to ignore it.
    • As the ball passed through one of the clouds the cloud lit up for a split second, as if there was a lightening storm within, although it was clearly not a storm cloud.
    • It was a horrible storm cloud now, blocking out the sun, blocking out the blue of the sky, reaching almost as far as the eye could see.
    • Soon, a bizarre storm cloud hovers over New York City, seen in the distance from Ray's Newark home.
    • Instead of the uniform grayness of the rainy day, we have the black storm cloud and brilliant lightning flash.
    • They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.
    • Eleanor nodded, the storm cloud up ahead growing larger.
    • Hanging ominously above the rooftops of west London is a massive storm cloud.
    • I looked up to see that I was driving in the middle of a storm cloud.
    • The sea became calm for as far as they could see, and the huge black storm cloud vanished from the sky.
    • However, his efforts to silence her weren't needed, because a huge storm cloud came up, and with it, energy frizzed in the air.
    • This effect has already been used for some interesting experiments, such as firing a pulsed laser into a charged storm cloud to initiate a lightning strike back down the light beam.
    1. 1.1storm clouds Used in reference to a threatening or ominous state of affairs.
      危险形势(或不祥)的预兆
      the beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe

      在这个十年的开端,欧洲就出现了不祥之兆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead they were all overshadowed by the black storm cloud that hovered above me and made every day - even important, landmark days - a struggle.
      • When our lovely mother declared she adored Walter at that shindig, a storm cloud threatened to haunt me for the rest of my life.
      • Many agency firms that have seen storm clouds gathering over the market have simply opened their umbrellas and continued on with business.
      • She continued on as storm clouds grew in Reynald's face.
      • But the flood of new debt continues this year despite the ominous and unmistakable storm clouds of global financial and economic crisis.
      • In sum, speculation ran absolutely rampant while ominous storm clouds gathered on the horizon.
      • Collins had seen the storm clouds gathering over East Timor's future.
      • The second storm cloud is the threat, which leaked out last weekend, of the UK government introducing Capital Gains Tax on house sales.
      • But there's a storm cloud on the horizon - privacy concerns - that many people were talking about.
      • Some perceive the storm clouds gathering over Egypt's political life.
      • However, the storm cloud of higher rates now appears to have been blown off course by the chill winds of threatened recessionary pressures.
      • Our team had a storm cloud over us today, following some surprisingly bad news relayed by the night float.
      • Zweig saw the storm clouds gathering over his native Austria earlier than many.
      • As the sultry summer wears on in Korea, though, storm clouds are threatening the car manufacturer's expansive dreams.
      • These meetings eventually became public knowledge, and Austin clearly saw the storm clouds gathering.
      • Ominous storm clouds darkened in the U.S. this week, as a faltering equity market and weakening dollar joined a troubled Credit market.
      • The director uses a variety of expressionistic techniques to create alternating moods of lyricism and ominous storm clouds.
      • But with storm clouds gathering over the global economy, the question is just how good that deal will be.
      • But low inflation is little comfort when storm clouds gather over the jobs horizon.
      • The storm clouds which have been gathering ominously for some time now, have finally burst, bringing a whole world of pain and torment raining down upon our heads.
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