| 词汇 | cloudburst |
| 释义 | cloudburst noun[ C ] uk /ˈklaʊd.bɜːst/ us /ˈklaʊd.bɝːst/ a sudden heavy fall of rain骤雨，大暴雨 Synonyms deluge downpour Precipitation: rain bucket bucket down cloud seeder cloud seeding downpour drizzle drizzlingly heaven mizzle pelt piss puddle rain gauge rainstorm seed shower torrentially wash wash (something) out wet All I hope is that we don't happen to be in the old canyon when that cloudburst you mentioned comes along. Meanwhile a mass of black thunderclouds gathering on the horizon threatened one of those cloudbursts of extreme severity and suddenness so characteristic of the plains country. No summer cyclones, no winter blizzards, no cloudbursts or bad thunderstorms. Somewhere up the valley there had been a cloudburst, for overhead the sun was bright. When the fury of the cloudburst had passed over, and the lightning no longer flickered in their faces, and the thunder growled away in the southeast, the risen water began to show its rolling surface. cloudburst | American Dictionarycloudburst noun[ C ] us/ˈklɑʊdˌbɜrst/ a heavy fall of rain that begins and ends suddenly Examples of cloudburstcloudburst The phrase "may do anything" will be as shockingly familiar as the first heavy raindrops from an impending cloudburst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do you mean that it would prevent the cloudburst? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, as they say in my constituency, the darkest hour comes before another cloudburst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No, but you could deal with the effects of the cloudburst with greater rapidity than if you centralised too much the provision for a problem of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, the torrent capacity can quickly grow after copious rainfalls, specifically after late-summer cloudbursts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is not essential that cloudbursts occur only when a cloud clashes with a solid body like a mountain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The area "quebradas" are susceptible to flash flood runoff from sudden cloudbursts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It represents a cloudburst of angels and cherubs, falling from the ceiling towards the high altar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Torrents of rain, at times in cloudburst proportions, poured into the ship and caused her to list heavily. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The heavy cloudburst during last 4872 hours displaced many people besides destroying crops in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The spire, demolished by a violent cloudburst accompanied by a tornado in 1953, was rebuilt in 1961 according to the original drawings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During a cloudburst, more than 20 mm of rain may fall in a few minutes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I can not control tsunami, earthquake or cloudburst. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rain showers can be extremely heavy at times especially during cloudburst events. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cloudburst, for instance, is conveyed by parallel lines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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