cumulus
英 ['kju?mj?l?s]
美['kjumj?l?s]
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?cumuli;
助記提示
1. cumul- + -us(拉丁語后綴，所以該詞直接源于拉丁語，沒做任何更改).
中文詞源
cumulus 積云來自PIE*keue,膨脹，成堆，詞源同church,cave.
英文詞源
- cumulus (n.)
- 1650s, "a heap," from Latin cumulus "a heap, pile, mass, surplus," from PIE *ku-m-olo-, suffixed shortened form of root *keue- "to swell" (compare Sanskrit svayati "swells up, is strong," Greek kyein "to swell," Lithuanian ?aunas "firm, solid, fit, capable"). Meteorological use for "rounded mass of clouds" first attested 1803.
雙語例句
- 1. Around midday, the fog lifted and puffy cumulus clouds appeared across the sky.
- 中午前后霧散了，滿天出現(xiàn)了蓬松的積云。
來自辭典例句
- 2. From his bed he could see the great cumulus clouds that hung in the blue sky.
- 躺在床上,可以望見碧藍(lán)的天空中飄浮著大塊團(tuán)狀的積云.
來自辭典例句
- 3. A polar landscape of snowy hills, dramatic cumulus clouds and coastal glaciers.
- 雪域丘陵 、 引人注目的積云和沿海冰川的極地景觀.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Piles of cotton - like cumulus clouds fill the sky a clear day.
- 晴朗天空堆滿了像棉花一樣的積云.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Cumulus clouds billow over the landscape near Cedar City, Utah.
- 猶他州,錫達(dá)城附近, 積云在大地上空翻涌.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)