Word
overcloud
/ˌəuvəˈklaud/
verb
（使）布满云；（使）变得阴暗；使忧郁
become covered with clouds; make dark, gloomy, or overcast
- 1.
To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
被云覆盖或变得多云
- 2.
To cast sorrow or gloom over.
使忧伤或阴郁
被云覆盖或变得多云；使忧伤或阴郁；使阴暗；使阴沉；使忧郁
In use
The sky began to overcloud in the early afternoon, so we moved the picnic under the pavilion.
If the mountains overcloud before noon, the guide usually cancels the climb.
The horizon had overclouded by sunset, and the fishermen expected a stormy night.
overcloud sth
及物用法，主语是造成阴暗的事物。
The sudden bad news overclouded his mood.
突如其来的坏消息使他的心情变阴沉。
sth overclouds
不及物用法，主语是变化的主体。
Her face overclouded when she heard the news.
她听到消息时脸色变阴沉。
be overclouded (by sth)
被动结构表示被覆盖或受影响。
Connections
Confusing words
- overshadow
- 使相形见绌；投下阴影 · overcloud侧重物理上被云遮蔽或情绪阴郁；overshadow常指比喻意义上的遮蔽或使黯然失色。
- overcast
- 阴天的；使阴暗 · overcloud是动词，强调变得多云；overcast常作形容词描述天气状态，也可作动词表示遮盖。
Word family
- overclouds
- third person singular
- overclouded
- past, past participle
- overclouding
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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