overcast
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·ver·cast /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈkæst◂/ ●○○ adjective DNdark with clouds 阴天的，多云的 a chilly overcast day 一个寒冷的阴天 The sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall. 天空阴云密布，并下起了小雨。
Examples from the Corpus
overcast• The pale sun of early morning was being obliterated and would soon be entirely overcast.• Corbett trudged down the beaten, muddy track; the sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall.• No more snow had fallen, the sky was still overcast but the air was crisp and a little warmer.• It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.• A heat lamp has been installed and the Meerkats use it, especially on dull overcast days.• The watchers from Berwick's walls presently could see them no more, in an overcast early summer night.• an overcast sky• It was as dull as the overcast sky.• Even when they do meet, on flat overcast weekday afternoons at her house, it's often hopeless.• The afternoon will be overcast with cooler temperatures.o·ver·cast adjectiveChineseSyllable
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overcast
o‧ver‧cast /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈkæst◂/
adjective
dark with clouds:
a chilly overcast day
The sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall.
▪ cloudy with a lot of clouds: The weather was cold and cloudy. | cloudy skies
▪grey (also gray American English) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions: Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.
▪overcast dark and completely covered with clouds: a chilly overcast day
▪leaden literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds: Snow fell from a leaden sky.
▪gloomy dark and cloudy, in a depressing way: The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.
▪foggy with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use foggy especially about low-lying places: a foggy day in London in November
▪misty with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains: a cold misty morning
▪hazy with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it: hazy sunshine
o‧ver‧cast /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈkæst◂/
adjectivedark with clouds:
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