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cloudburst

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cloud·burst /ˈklaʊdbɜːst $ -bɜːrst/ noun [countable]  DNa sudden short rainstorm 骤雨,〔一阵的〕暴雨
Examples from the Corpus
cloudburstAn almighty cloudburst of possibilities had cascaded over his head and he loved that too.Corrosion Caused Cloudburst Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February.She found Alice knitting in a pale sitting room whose window was a gigantic cloudburst of primrose and grey.A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work.It had poured with rain; a total cloudburst, thunder cracking and grumbling in the skies above the city.
cloud·burst nounChineseSyllable
short Corpus a rainstorm sudden


cloudburst
cloudburst /ˈklaʊdbɜːst $ -bɜːrst/ noun [countable]
a sudden short rainstorm


cloud·burstBrE /ˈklaʊdbɜːst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklaʊdbɜːrst/ 🔊 nouna sudden very heavy fall of rain (骤然降下的)大暴雨,倾盆大雨