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storm cloud

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Meteorology
ˈstorm cloud noun [countable]  1. HEMa dark cloud which you see before a storm 风暴云〔暴风雨前的乌云〕2 [usually plural]WARN a sign that something very bad is going to happen 乌云〔喻指坏事的征兆〕 Storm clouds are gathering over the trade negotiations. 乌云正逐渐笼罩着贸易谈判。
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storm cloudBut a storm cloud hovered on the horizon.Animation is fair, but the scene where the dragon flies into a storm cloud and is electrocuted is positively brain-bending!Her teased black hair surrounded her like a storm cloud.
ˈstorm cloud nounChineseSyllable
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storm cloud
ˈstorm cloud noun [countable]
1. a dark cloud which you see before a storm
2. [usually plural] a sign that something very bad is going to happen:
    Storm clouds are gathering over the trade negotiations.


storm cloudBrE /ˈstɔːm klaʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɔːrm klaʊd/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] a dark cloud that you see when bad weather is coming 暴风云(figurative) The storm clouds of revolution were gathering. 乌云滚滚,山雨欲来,革命即将爆发。🔊🔊