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。
使模糊;蒙蔽
clouding — present participle of cloud
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
To make something unclear or less sharp (e.g., judgment or a memory).
变得模糊或阴沉,或被遮挡
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
用云覆盖或隐藏
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
呼吸变成云雾;变成雾气
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
使模糊
To make obscure.
使不那么敏锐或敏感
To make less acute or perceptive.
使阴郁或愠怒
To make gloomy or sullen.
使变黑;玷污;损害(声誉或品格)
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
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.
以这种方式被标记、变暗或多样化
To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
一般现在时
Smoke clouds the sky.
烟雾遮蔽天空。
一般过去时
The memory clouded his judgment.
那段记忆使他的判断变得模糊。
现在完成时
Sadness has clouded her thoughts.
悲伤已经笼罩了她的思绪。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The steam from the hot shower clouded the mirror.
热水淋浴的蒸汽使镜子变得模糊。
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.
下午天空开始乌云密布。
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.
愤怒影响了她的判断。
用法提示:作及物动词,比喻义表示使判断变得不清晰。
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。
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。
常指物体表面因水汽变得模糊不清。
His glasses clouded up in the steam.
他的眼镜在蒸汽中起雾了。
较正式,强调使事实、问题、观点等难以看清或理解;与 cloud 互换性强,但更侧重‘遮盖、使之隐蔽’。
常指形状、界限或记忆变得不清楚,如‘blur the line between...’;比 cloud 更具体地描写轮廓消失或难以分辨。
口语化,常用于‘muddy the waters’表示把问题搅浑、使局面复杂;比 cloud 更强调有意或无意的‘搅乱’,且较不正式。
侧重使人的头脑或记忆变得模糊不清,如‘fog one’s mind’;在‘使(问题)模糊’义上不如 cloud 常用,多见于口语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sky clouded quickly.
正确表达The sky clouded over quickly.
动词 cloud 作不及物表示天气变多云时,通常需要副词 over 或 up 来补充,否则句子不完整。
grammar · medium
易错句子His judgment was clouded with anger.
正确表达His judgment was clouded by anger.
cloud 表示‘被蒙蔽’时,常用介词 by 引出施动者,用 with 则显得不自然。
针对“cloud”的“使模糊/蒙蔽”义项;表示使事物变得清楚明确,不用于天气放晴。
可指使视线/思路清晰(与“cloud”相对),也可指天气放晴;作反义词时侧重“使清晰”。
针对“使模糊/蒙蔽”义项;强调通过解释或光线驱散模糊,较为正式。
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。
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。
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。
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。
使记忆模糊
Time had clouded her memory of the event.
时间让她对那件事的记忆变得模糊。
遮蔽天空
Smoke from the fire clouded the sky.
火冒出的烟遮蔽了天空。
cloud + -y (adj.)
cloud + -less (adj.)
cloudy + -ness (y→i) (noun)
cloud + -ed (adj.)
cloud + burst (compound noun)
cloud + cover (compound noun)
云出现在天空中;cloud作动词表示云层覆盖天空。
降雨常伴随云层,与cloud同属天气现象。
cloud可比喻使判断变得模糊不清。
cloud可表示玷污或损害声誉。
云雾会遮挡视野,cloud也指使视线模糊。
受怀疑;失宠
He left the company under a cloud after the scandal.
丑闻发生后,他是在受到怀疑的情况下离开公司的。
每一朵乌云都有一线银边;凡事都有好的一面
I lost my job, but every cloud has a silver lining: I finally have time to study.
我丢了工作,但每朵乌云都镶着银边:我终于有时间学习了。
蒙蔽某人的判断
Don't let anger cloud your judgment when making this decision.
做这个决定时,别让愤怒蒙蔽你的判断。
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