cirrocumulus

n. 卷积云

发音

UK /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləs/
US /ˌsɪɹoʊˈkjumjələs/

词形变化

cirrocumuli 复数 cirrocumuli

别名

cirro-cumulus CC

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus.

    卷积云

    气象 物理

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cloud

词源

From cirro- + cumulus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.

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