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单词 storm cloud
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storm cloud

noun
1A heavy, dark rain cloud: black storm clouds rolled inexorably down the valley...
  • They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.
  • Instead of the uniform grayness of the rainy day, we have the black storm cloud and brilliant lightning flash.
  • When the local topography permits, you can see lightning and the associated storm cloud from anywhere up to 200 miles away.
1.1 (storm clouds) Used in reference to a threatening or ominous state of affairs: the beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe...
  • Some perceive the storm clouds gathering over Egypt's political life.
  • Collins had seen the storm clouds gathering over East Timor's future.
  • Zweig saw the storm clouds gathering over his native Austria earlier than many.
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