cloudy

adjective
🔊/ˈklaʊdi/
🔊/ˈklaʊdi/
(comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)
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  1. (of the sky or the weather天空或天气) covered with clouds; with a lot of clouds被云遮住的;阴云密布的;阴天的;多云的 opposite clear
    • a grey, cloudy day灰暗多云的一天
    Extra Examples
    • It stayed cloudy for most of the day.那天大部份时间天色阴暗。
    • Later it will become cloudy with rain in places.随后将转阴,局部地区有雨。
    • a rather cloudy sky有点儿多云的天空
    • It was a dark, cloudy night.那是一个漆黑多云的夜晚。
    • Scotland and Northern Ireland will be rather cloudy with patchy rain.苏格兰和北爱尔兰会阴天多雨。
    • The sky was cloudy when we set off but it cleared up by lunchtime.我们出发时天空是多云的,但午饭前天空晴朗。
    • You can still get sunburnt on a cloudy day.在阴天,您仍然会被晒伤。
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  2. (of liquids液体) not clear or easy to see through不清澈的;不透明的;浑浊的
    • The water looked cloudy and not fit to drink.水看上去很浑浊,不适合饮用。
    Extra Examples
    • Sometimes the drinking water becomes rather cloudy.有时饮用水变得相当浑浊。
    • The beer looked cloudy.啤酒看起来浑浊不清。
    • The warm water is made cloudy by adding some milk.加入些牛奶,温水就变浑。