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. 云

...the varied shapes of the clouds. …云朵的各種形狀。

...a black mass of cloud. …一團烏云。

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

The hens darted away on all sides, raising a cloud of dust. 母雞四處飛奔，揚起一團塵土。

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. 蒙蔽

Perhaps anger had clouded his vision, perhaps his judgment had been faulty. 也許怒火蒙蔽了他的眼睛，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. 該黨對媒體的憤怒已經(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。