overcast

英 [ˌəʊvə'kɑːst] 美 [ˌoʊvər'kæst]

• adj. 阴天的；阴暗的；愁闷的
• v. 遮盖；（使）变暗；包边缝
• n. 覆盖；阴天

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

2. gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

3. a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

4. a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

Adjective:

1. filled or abounding with clouds

Verb:

1. make overcast or cloudy;

   "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
   

2. sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

3. sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;

   "overcast books"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Overcast mornings are the sure forerunners of steady rain.
   早晨阴天预示肯定下雨。
2. The overcast sky creates beautiful silvery reflections in water.
   在阴天创造了美丽的银色反射在水中。

经典引文

• He felt the sun starting to burn through the overcast.

  出自： B. F. Conners

• It was a cold, slightly overcast December day.

  出自： W. C. Williams

• Week after week of zinc-gray overcast skies.

  出自： R. Banks

• Bronze was overcasting the salt bush foliage.

  出自： D. C. Peattie

• The threat of just such a surrender..overcast Guy.

  出自： E. Waugh

• Sunshine started to pierce the clouds that had long overcast his days.

  出自： D. Cecil

词汇搭配

• high overcast 高云密布
• bombing through overcast 穿云轰炸
• heavy overcast 阴沉天
• overcast area 云层覆盖区,密云区...
• overcast sky 阴天
• overcast day 阴日
• overcast bombing 云上轰炸

近反义词

【近义词】

• cloudy 多云的
• gloomy 阴暗的
• dark 黑暗的
• grey 灰色的
• misty 有雾的
• dismal 阴沉的
• hazy 朦胧的
• bleak 萧瑟的
• somber 微暗的
• cloud 云
• gray 灰色的
• dull 呆滞的
• dreary 沉闷的
• gloom 黑暗
• black 黑的
• stormy 暴风雨的
• eclipse 日或月食
• cloudiness 阴暗
• cloud-covered 白茫茫
• cloud cover 云量,=cloudage...
• sunless 阳光照射不到的...
• clouded 阴云密布的
• overcasting 包边缝纫

【反义词】

• clear up 打扫