| 单词 | woolpack cloud |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoolpack cloud b. Originally woolpack cloud: A fleecy cumulus cloud. Chiefly plural (or collective singular). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > specific types woolpack cloud1648 trade-wind cloud1902 cloud street1954 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 128 A day most clear;..wherein Some wool-pack Clouds in corner's bin. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 440 The sky full of light wool-pack clouds boding no rain. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. lii. 563 In the north of England, such clouds are called woolpacks. 1869 Daily News 13 Feb. The ordinary cumulus or woolpack cloud. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 69 The bright blue air, flecked with wool-pack. woolpack cloud 3. attributive, as woolpack cloud (see 2b); in quot. 1647, ? resembling a pack of sheep. Π 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 28 Chaos of Presbyt'ry, where Lay-men guide With the tame Woolpack Clergie by their side. < as lemmas |
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