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| /klaʊd/ |
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| 1 | C/U a white or grey mass of very small drops of water in the sky 云；云雾 |
| A few white clouds drifted across the sky. 几朵白云在天空中飘过。 |
| There’ s more cloud than yesterday. 今天的云比昨天的多。 |
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| 2 | C a large amount of smoke , dust , steam etc in the air 烟雾；烟尘 |
| a dust cloud 一团烟尘 |
| +of a huge cloud of black smoke 一大团黑烟 |
| | 2a | any large mass in the sky that looks like a cloud （天空中的）一大群 | | A thick cloud of flies buzzed around us. 黑压压的一群苍蝇围着我们嗡嗡地飞。 | |
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| 3 | C something unpleasant that spoils an activity , event , or situation （引起不愉快的）阴云，阴影 |
| a cloud of anxiety/misery/uncertainty 焦急/悲惨/疑虑的阴影 |
| be/cast a cloud over sth Violent protests cast a cloud over the president’ s visit. 暴力抗议给总统的访问蒙上了一层阴影。 |
| a cloud on the horizon (=something that is likely to spoil a situation) The only cloud on the horizon is the possibility of a hostile takeover. 可能的麻烦；威胁 |
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| - | every cloud has a silverlining
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| used for saying that something good usually comes out of a bad situation |
| 黑暗中总有一线光明 |
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| - | on cloudnine informal old-fashioned
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| extremely happy |
| 非常兴奋的；非常高兴的 |
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| - | under a cloud
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| with your reputation damaged because you may have done something wrong |
| 名誉受损 |
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| Words frequently used with cloud | | cloud 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | dark, dense, grey, heavy, low, storm, | 1 | | verbs | billow, drift, gather, lift, scud, spread, thicken, | 1 | | | |
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