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单词 stratus
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Definition of stratus in English:

stratus

noun ˈstreɪtəsˈstrɑːtəs
mass noun
  • Cloud forming a continuous horizontal grey sheet, often with rain or snow.

    the weather was lousy, with low stratus and poor visibility
    as modifier stratus cloud
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However in winter low stratus or fog could persist for days, or even weeks in extreme cases.
    • The first sign that this is occurring would be the sight of a bank of Cirrus, followed by a bank of medium level clouds, and then thicker stratus clouds.
    • The gray layer of stratus has returned, contingent with the cook-fires of the enemy.
    • The sky, a gloomy purple, was overlapped by stratus sheets of blue-black clouds.
    • Unless you count the fact that they can be cumulus, stratus, cirrus, or nimbus.
    • Gray-brown stratus clouds in the upper atmosphere flew at high speed as though the planet was racked by a perpetual storm.
    • In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.
    • A shelf of stratus clouds appeared just to the south and for a while it wasn't clear this was the reason for the call of zero lift.
    • A high and light layer of stratus obscured the sun but the visibility overall was excellent.

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin, literally 'strewn', past participle of sternere.

Rhymes

altostratus, cirrostratus, nimbostratus
 
 

Definition of stratus in US English:

stratus

noun
  • Cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray sheet, often with rain or snow.

    the weather was lousy, with low stratus and poor visibility
    as modifier stratus cloud
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sky, a gloomy purple, was overlapped by stratus sheets of blue-black clouds.
    • A high and light layer of stratus obscured the sun but the visibility overall was excellent.
    • The first sign that this is occurring would be the sight of a bank of Cirrus, followed by a bank of medium level clouds, and then thicker stratus clouds.
    • In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.
    • A shelf of stratus clouds appeared just to the south and for a while it wasn't clear this was the reason for the call of zero lift.
    • However in winter low stratus or fog could persist for days, or even weeks in extreme cases.
    • The gray layer of stratus has returned, contingent with the cook-fires of the enemy.
    • Gray-brown stratus clouds in the upper atmosphere flew at high speed as though the planet was racked by a perpetual storm.
    • Unless you count the fact that they can be cumulus, stratus, cirrus, or nimbus.

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘strewn’, past participle of sternere.

 
 
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