stratus 音标拼音: [str'ætəs]
n . 层云
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stratus n 1 :
a large dark low cloud [
synonym : {
stratus }, {
stratus cloud }]
Stratus \
Stra "
tus \,
n . [
L .
stratus a spreading out ,
scattering ,
from sternere ,
stratum ,
to spread .] (
Meteor .)
A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer .
See {
Cloud }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Cloud \
Cloud \ (
kloud ),
n . [
Prob .
fr .
AS .
cl [=
u ]
d a rock or hillock ,
the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air .]
1 .
A collection of visible vapor ,
or watery particles ,
suspended in the upper atmosphere .
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1913 Webster ]
I do set my bow in the cloud . --
Gen .
ix .
13 .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard ,
and this is still substantially employed .
The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized :
(
a ) {
Cirrus }.
This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds ;
is thin ,
long -
drawn ,
sometimes looking like carded wool or hair ,
sometimes like a brush or room ,
sometimes in curl -
like or fleecelike patches .
It is the cat '
s -
tail of the sailor ,
and the mare '
s -
tail of the landsman .
(
b ) {
Cumulus }.
This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form ,
or nearly so ,
above ,
but flat below ,
one often piled above another ,
forming great clouds ,
common in the summer ,
and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow .
It often affords rain and thunder gusts .
(
c ) {
Stratus }.
This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally .
(
d ) {
Nimbus }.
This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges ;
it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain ,
as in easterly storms ,
and is the proper rain cloud .
The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus ,
or cumulostratus .
(
e ) {
Cirro -
cumulus }.
This form consists ,
like the cirrus ,
of thin ,
broken ,
fleecelice clouds ,
but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped .
It is popularly called mackerel sky .
(
f ) {
Cirro -
stratus }.
In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata ,
between cirrus and stratus .
(
g ) {
Cumulo -
stratus }.
A form between cumulus and stratus ,
often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint .
-- {
Fog },
cloud ,
motionless ,
or nearly so ,
lying near or in contact with the earth '
s surface . -- {
Storm scud },
cloud lying quite low ,
without form ,
and driven rapidly with the wind .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A mass or volume of smoke ,
or flying dust ,
resembling vapor . "
A thick cloud of incense ." --
Ezek .
viii .
11 .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A dark vein or spot on a lighter material ,
as in marble ;
hence ,
a blemish or defect ;
as ,
a cloud upon one '
s reputation ;
a cloud on a title .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
That which has a dark ,
lowering ,
or threatening aspect ;
that which temporarily overshadows ,
obscures ,
or depresses ;
as ,
a cloud of sorrow ;
a cloud of war ;
a cloud upon the intellect .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
A great crowd or multitude ;
a vast collection . "
So great a cloud of witnesses ." --
Heb .
xii .
1 .
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1913 Webster ]
6 .
A large ,
loosely -
knitted scarf ,
worn by women about the head .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Cloud on a } (
or the ) {
title } (
Law ),
a defect of title ,
usually superficial and capable of removal by release ,
decision in equity ,
or legislation .
{
To be under a cloud },
to be under suspicion or in disgrace ;
to be in disfavor .
{
In the clouds },
in the realm of facy and imagination ;
beyond reason ;
visionary .
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1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stratus ":
Cloudcuckooland ,
alto -
cumulus ,
alto -
stratus ,
anvil cloud ,
banner cloud ,
billowy cloud ,
cap cloud ,
cirro -
cumulus ,
cirro -
fillum ,
cirro -
nebula ,
cirro -
stratus ,
cirro -
velum ,
cirrus ,
cirrus cloud ,
cirrus haze ,
cirrus stripe ,
cloud ,
cloud band ,
cloud bank ,
cloud drift ,
cloud mass ,
cloud street ,
cloudland ,
cloudling ,
cloudscape ,
cocktail ,
cottony cloud ,
cumulo -
cirro -
stratus ,
cumulo -
cirrus ,
cumulo -
nimbus ,
cumulo -
stratus ,
cumulus ,
cumulus cloud ,
curl cloud ,
fleecy cloud ,
fractocumulus ,
high fog ,
mackerel sky ,
mammatocumulus ,
mushroom cloud ,
nimbus ,
nimbus cloud ,
rain cloud ,
scud ,
snail cloud ,
squall cloud ,
storm cloud ,
strato -
cumulus ,
stratus cloud ,
thundercloud ,
thunderhead ,
water carrier ,
woolpack
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