Word · Frequency #48424
cirrus
卷云
A principal high-level cloud type, composed of thin, delicate white filaments or narrow bands.
- 1.
Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”).
卷须:植物攀援用的细长卷曲茎。
- 2.
A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia.
一种细长的卷须状附肢,如某些鱼类的触须、某些原生生物的纤毛或某些蔓足类的足。
- 3.
A principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands.
一种主要的高层云,通常由纤细而柔弱的白色丝缕或细带组成。
触毛;触须;卷须;卷须:植物攀援用的细长卷曲茎。;一种细长的卷须状附肢,如某些鱼类的触须、某些原生生物的纤毛或某些蔓足类的足。;一种主要的高层云,通常由纤细而柔弱的白色丝缕或细带组成。
In use
The sky was filled with wispy cirrus clouds high above.
At high altitudes, cirrus often indicates an approaching warm front.
The pilot noticed a band of cirrus ahead and adjusted the flight path.
Connections
Word family
- cirri
- plural
Learner notes
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