Word · Frequency #2333
cloud
使模糊；蒙蔽
核心释义
To make something unclear or less sharp (e.g., judgment or a memory).
- 1.
变得模糊或阴沉,或被遮挡
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- 2.
用云覆盖或隐藏
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- 3.
呼吸变成云雾；变成雾气
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- 4.
使模糊
To make obscure.
- 5.
使不那么敏锐或敏感
To make less acute or perceptive.
- 6.
使阴郁或愠怒
To make gloomy or sullen.
- 7.
使变黑；玷污；损害(声誉或品格)
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- 8.
用纹理或斑点标记或使变暗；用颜色使多样化
To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- 9.
以这种方式被标记、变暗或多样化
To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
使布满云；被云遮蔽；（使）起雾；使阴沉；使忧郁；玷污；败坏；使有花纹；使有云纹；变得模糊或阴沉,或被遮挡
用法In use
The steam from the hot shower clouded the mirror.
用法提示：作及物动词，表示使某物变模糊或被遮敝。
The sky began to cloud over in the afternoon.
用法提示：作不及物动词短语，表示天空变得多云。
Her judgment was clouded by anger.
用法提示：作及物动词，比喻义表示使判断变得不清晰。
cloud sth
常用比喻义，指使事物变得不清晰或难以理解。
The fog clouded the road.
雾气使道路变得模糊。
cloud over
多用于描述天气变化，也可指表情变阴郁。
The sky clouded over and it started to rain.
天空乌云密布，开始下雨了。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cloud over
- 布满云；变阴
- The sky clouded over and it started to rain.天空布满了云，开始下雨了。
- cloud the issue
- 使问题模糊；搅浑水
- Try not to cloud the issue with unrelated facts.尽量不要用无关的事实把问题弄得模糊不清。
- cloud one's judgment
- 影响判断；使判断力模糊
- Anger clouded his judgment.愤怒使他的判断力变得模糊。
- cloud the waters
- 把水搅浑；（喻）使情况复杂化
- The new evidence only clouded the waters.新证据只是把情况弄得更复杂了。
- cloud one's memory
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
云（cloud）遮住太阳，视线变暗——动词记“使模糊；蒙蔽；使阴沉”，一块云就是一个动作。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：weather and sky、breath or window、judgment or thinking、reputation or character 该动词的语体随义项变化：字面义（云层遮蔽、使起雾）多用于日常天气或视线描写；引申义（使模糊、蒙蔽、损害声誉）比较常见于书面或较正式的表达，如 cloud someone's judgment 或 cloud a reputation。整体来看正式与非正式场合都会出现，因此标为混合。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 cloud (/klaʊd/) 同韵的词：loud /laʊd/、proud /praʊd/、crowd /kraʊd/、aloud /əˈlaʊd/，重读元音和后面的辅音都是 /aʊd/。拼写相似的 clout /klaʊt/ 和 could /kʊd/ 发音不同：clout 以 /t/ 结尾，could 的元音是 /ʊ/ 而非 /aʊ/。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.