cumulus
英 [ˈkjuː.mjə.ləs]
美 [ˈkjuː.mjə.ləs]
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).
cumulus 积云来自PIE*keue,膨胀,成堆,词源同church,cave.
- 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.
- 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。
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.