亚洲网紅露点

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nimbus

[ nim-buhs ]

noun

plural nimbi nimbuses.
  1. Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
  2. a cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing:

    The candidate was encompassed with a nimbus of fame.

  3. the type of dense clouds or cloud mass with ragged edges, that yields rain or snow; a rain cloud.
  4. (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of polar-orbiting meteorological and environmental research satellites, the last of which Nimbus 7, launched 1978, was the first satellite designed to monitor atmospheric pollutants.


nimbus

/ 藞苍瑟尘产蓹蝉 /

noun

    1. a dark grey rain-bearing cloud
    2. ( in combination )

      cumulonimbus clouds

    1. an emanation of light surrounding a saint or deity
    2. a representation of this emanation
  1. a surrounding aura or atmosphere
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nimbus

  1. A rain cloud.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞苍颈尘产耻蝉别诲, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍颈尘顎僢耻蝉别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nimbus1

First recorded in 1600鈥10; from Latin, 鈥渞ainstorm, rain cloud, thundercloud, cloud鈥; akin to Latin nebula and Greek neph茅l膿, n茅phos 鈥渃loud,鈥 and Slavic ( Polish ) niebo 鈥渟ky, heaven鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nimbus1

C17: from Latin: cloud, radiance
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Looming through the tall windows along the back wall, dark skies were crammed with nimbus clouds.

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Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds.

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With his bald pate and nimbus of gray, scowling behind spectacles, he had long been a favorite of editorial cartoonists.

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All these flat shapes are limned by dark lines 鈥 the reverse of the delicate nimbus of light surrounding them in the original.

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Even when the music whips up complex, noisy nimbuses of competing motifs, the fast, finely judged changes within the dense activity are preparing you for variations on the weather.

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