mushroom cloud

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ˈmushroom ˌcloud noun [countable usually singular]  PMWHPa large cloud shaped like a mushroom, which is caused by a nuclear explosion 〔核爆炸后形成的〕蘑菇云

Examples from the Corpus

mushroom cloud• Sandro Botticelli s chart of hell is like a mushroom cloud or a child s spinning top.• Some amyl too, which blew Jed's head up like a mushroom cloud.• But atomic power to my generation always means that mushroom cloud.• Dust is raised by near-surface bursts and lifted to high altitudes by the mushroom cloud.

ˈmushroom ˌcloud nounChineseSyllable  

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mushroom cloud
ˈmushroom ˌcloud noun [countable usually singular]
a large cloud shaped like a mushroom, which is caused by a nuclear explosion

mushroom cloudBrE /ˈmʌʃrʊm klaʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʌʃrʊm klaʊd/ 🔊BrE /ˈmʌʃruːm klaʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʌʃruːm klaʊd/ 🔊 nouna large cloud, shaped like a mushroom, that forms in the air after a nuclear explosion （核爆炸形成的）蘑菇云