cumulus

英 ['kjuːmjʊləs]美 ['kjumjələs]
  • n. [气象] 积云；堆积；堆积物
GRE 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. cumul- + -us(拉丁语后缀，所以该词直接源于拉丁语，没做任何更改).

中文词源

cumulus 积云

来自PIE*keue,膨胀，成堆，词源同church,cave.

英文词源

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 šaunas "firm, solid, fit, capable"). Meteorological use for "rounded mass of clouds" first attested 1803.

双语例句

1. Around midday, the fog lifted and puffy cumulus clouds appeared across the sky.
中午前后雾散了，满天出现了蓬松的积云。
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2. From his bed he could see the great cumulus clouds that hung in the blue sky.
躺在床上,可以望见碧蓝的天空中飘浮着大块团状的积云.
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3. A polar landscape of snowy hills, dramatic cumulus clouds and coastal glaciers.
雪域丘陵 、 引人注目的积云和沿海冰川的极地景观.
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4. Piles of cotton - like cumulus clouds fill the sky a clear day.
晴朗天空堆满了像棉花一样的积云.
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5. Cumulus clouds billow over the landscape near Cedar City, Utah.
犹他州,锡达城附近, 积云在大地上空翻涌.
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