overcast

英 [ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈkæst]

adj.  阴天的; 多云的; 阴暗的
n.  [气象学]阴; 阴天; 遮盖物(尤指云、雾等); 郁闷; 忧愁; 沮丧; [采矿]风桥

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牛津词典

adj.

• 阴天的；多云的；阴暗的
  covered with clouds; dull
  1. an overcast sky/day
     阴沉的天空 / 天气
  2. Today it will be dull and overcast.
     今天天气将阴伴多云。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 多云的；阴沉的；阴天的
  If it isovercast, or if the sky or the day isovercast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light.
  1. For three days it was overcast...
     连续3天都是阴天。
  2. The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies...
     天气预报上说多云并伴有阵雨。
  3. It was a cold, windy, overcast afternoon in Washington.
     这是华盛顿一个寒风料峭、天空阴沉的下午。

英英释义

noun

• a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
• a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
  Synonym:overcasting
• gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
  Synonym:cloudiness
• the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
  Synonym:cloudinesscloud cover

verb

• sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
  1. overcast books
• sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
• make overcast or cloudy
  1. Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
  Synonym:cloud

adj

• filled or abounding with clouds
  Synonym:cloud-coveredcloudedsunless

双语例句

• The sky was overcast.
  天色灰蒙蒙的。
• It was a cold, windy, overcast afternoon in Washington.
  这是华盛顿一个寒风料峭、天空阴沉的下午。
• The day is overcast and humid.
  天气多云潮湿。
• The sky is overcast.
  天阴了。
• It's a bit overcast; it might rain.
  天有点阴，可能下雨。
• The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies
  天气预报上说多云并伴有阵雨。
• It was a cold, dark day, the sky overcast.
  沉闷[阴暗]的天空寒冷阴沉的一天，乌云密布。
• The room will be very dark when it's overcast.
  阴天的时候房间会很暗。
• For three days it was overcast
  连续3天都是阴天。
• The rain stopped and the sky was completely overcast.
  雨点停了，黑云铺匀了满天。