nimbus

FREQ #46921

n. 幻云, 雨云, 光轮

发音

US /ˈnɪmbəs/
UK /ˈnɪmbəs/
AU

词形变化

nimbi 复数 nimbi nimbuses nimbuses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A circle of light; a halo.

    晕

    光环

    光轮

    圆光

  2. 2.

    A grey rain cloud.

    雨云

    气象

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

glory aura halo aureole gloriole rain cloud

上位词 3

light cloud lightness

部分词 2

corona aureole

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb. Sense 2 (“grey rain cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.

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