释义 |
stacken-cloud [App. arbitrarily f. stack n. + -en.] A cloud which appears as though composed of piled up masses, a cumulus.
1823T. Forster Res. Atmospheric Phenomena i. §3 (ed. 3) 9 Of the Cumulus or Stackencloud. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 246 Why the heap should be called the stacken-cloud,..is by no means obvious. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Stacken Cloud, the same as cumulus. |