summer cloudn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌmə ˈklaʊd/, U.S.

/ˌsəmər ˈklaʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, cloud n.

Etymology: < summer n.¹ + cloud n. Compare slightly earlier summer's cloud n.

A cloud such as is seen on a summer day, esp. one that is fleeting or does not spoil the fine weather. Also figurative.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > fine-weather cloud

summer's clouda1616

summer cloud1620

1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil De Apibus in Eclogues 138/3 A shower powred out of Summer clouds [L. aestivis..nubibus].

1727 I. Watts Hope in Darkness i, in Horæ Lyricæ (1743) i. 133 What tho' a short Eclipse his [sc. God's] Beauties shrowd 'Tis but a Morning Vapour, or a Summer-Cloud.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. x. 67 Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.

1801 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. (new ed.) i. 23 As summer-clouds flash forth electric fire.

1820 W. Scott Abbot III. ix. 284 Floating in the wind, as lightly as summer-clouds.

1893 E. Phillpotts Summer Clouds 54 There are people in the world..who would say that we had had a row to-day... I should describe the matter myself as—well, merely a passing summer-cloud.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xv. 262 A summer cloud or two hanging high above in the blue.

2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 15/2 The generals..think they will be vindicated in court. ‘They will understand that we only followed orders... This is just a summer cloud.’

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 19 July (‘Do Something’ Mag.) 24 As light as a summer cloud.., they're bathed in sugar but not too sweet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summer cloud
释义	summer cloudn. Brit. /ˌsʌmə ˈklaʊd/, U.S. /ˌsəmər ˈklaʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, cloud n. Etymology: < summer n.¹ + cloud n. Compare slightly earlier summer's cloud n. A cloud such as is seen on a summer day, esp. one that is fleeting or does not spoil the fine weather. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > fine-weather cloud summer's clouda1616 summer cloud1620 1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil De Apibus in Eclogues 138/3 A shower powred out of Summer clouds [L. aestivis..nubibus]. 1727 I. Watts Hope in Darkness i, in Horæ Lyricæ (1743) i. 133 What tho' a short Eclipse his [sc. God's] Beauties shrowd 'Tis but a Morning Vapour, or a Summer-Cloud. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. x. 67 Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. 1801 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. (new ed.) i. 23 As summer-clouds flash forth electric fire. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. ix. 284 Floating in the wind, as lightly as summer-clouds. 1893 E. Phillpotts Summer Clouds 54 There are people in the world..who would say that we had had a row to-day... I should describe the matter myself as—well, merely a passing summer-cloud. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xv. 262 A summer cloud or two hanging high above in the blue. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 15/2 The generals..think they will be vindicated in court. ‘They will understand that we only followed orders... This is just a summer cloud.’ 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 19 July (‘Do Something’ Mag.) 24 As light as a summer cloud.., they're bathed in sugar but not too sweet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620
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