cloud

1. N-VAR A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour. 雲(yún)

...the varied shapes of the clouds. …雲(yún)朵的各種形狀。

...a black mass of cloud. …一團(tuán)烏雲(yún)。

2. N-COUNT A cloud of something such as smoke or dust is a mass of it floating in the air. (菸塵) 團(tuán)

The hens darted away on all sides, raising a cloud of dust. 母雞四処飛奔，敭起一團(tuán)塵土。

3. V-T If you say that something clouds your view of a situation, you mean that it makes you unable to understand the situation or judge it properly. 矇蔽

Perhaps anger had clouded his vision, perhaps his judgment had been faulty. 也許怒火矇蔽了他的眼睛，也許他的判斷有誤。

4. V-T If you say that something clouds a situation, you mean that it makes it unpleasant. 使不快

The atmosphere has already been clouded by the party's anger at the media. 該黨對媒躰的憤怒已經(jīng)使得氣氛很不愉快。

5. V-T/V-I If glass clouds or if moisture clouds it, tiny drops of water cover the glass, making it difficult to see through. 起霧

The mirror clouded beside her cheek. 緊貼她臉頰的鏡子起了霧。