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单词 cloudscape
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Definition of cloudscape in English:

cloudscape

noun ˈklaʊdskeɪpˈkloudskāp
  • A large cloud formation considered in terms of its visual effect.

    云景

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reclining in leather-wrapped luxury, she stared out the oval window of the jet at the silvered cloudscape and the rising moon.
    • The ballet - set to a mix of composers including Schubert and placed in an ingeniously contrived cloudscape - makes its point concisely, coherently, and prettily.
    • She makes images from a digitally sampled cloud which she layers and stretches and distorts into all sorts of weird fairy floss cloudscapes.
    • He uses chiaroscuro to singular effect, notably in his haunted nightscapes and cloudscapes.
    • Looking out over to the west this evening I watched the cloudscape lighting up in the distance, reflecting an electrical storm too far away to see.
    • Raised up to a level where there were only cloudscapes and sunlight, pilots seemed elevated even above questions of right and wrong.
    • The huge, panoramic windows looked out onto a stormy cloudscape, rain battering at the glass and sending muted thunder rumbling constantly round the utilitarian bridge.
    • Outside, after dark, black-and-white cloudscapes were projected onto the gallery's townhouse facade in pretty juxtapositions reminiscent of Surrealist collage.
    • The background is a cloudscape that is toned slightly pinkish.
    • Deep sienna and browns, both reddish and nearly black, sweep over the canvas, the forms, if not the hues, like those of a cloudscape.
    • The storm cleared during the morning, leaving blue skies and grand cloudscapes behind it.
    • This London based artist exhibits his fascination for cloudscapes, and the natural world as viewed from thousands of feet up.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from cloud, on the pattern of words such as landscape.

Definition of cloudscape in US English:

cloudscape

nounˈkloudskāp
  • A large cloud formation considered in terms of its visual effect.

    云景

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reclining in leather-wrapped luxury, she stared out the oval window of the jet at the silvered cloudscape and the rising moon.
    • The ballet - set to a mix of composers including Schubert and placed in an ingeniously contrived cloudscape - makes its point concisely, coherently, and prettily.
    • The background is a cloudscape that is toned slightly pinkish.
    • Looking out over to the west this evening I watched the cloudscape lighting up in the distance, reflecting an electrical storm too far away to see.
    • She makes images from a digitally sampled cloud which she layers and stretches and distorts into all sorts of weird fairy floss cloudscapes.
    • This London based artist exhibits his fascination for cloudscapes, and the natural world as viewed from thousands of feet up.
    • Outside, after dark, black-and-white cloudscapes were projected onto the gallery's townhouse facade in pretty juxtapositions reminiscent of Surrealist collage.
    • Deep sienna and browns, both reddish and nearly black, sweep over the canvas, the forms, if not the hues, like those of a cloudscape.
    • The storm cleared during the morning, leaving blue skies and grand cloudscapes behind it.
    • The huge, panoramic windows looked out onto a stormy cloudscape, rain battering at the glass and sending muted thunder rumbling constantly round the utilitarian bridge.
    • Raised up to a level where there were only cloudscapes and sunlight, pilots seemed elevated even above questions of right and wrong.
    • He uses chiaroscuro to singular effect, notably in his haunted nightscapes and cloudscapes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from cloud, on the pattern of words such as landscape.

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