cirrostratus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/|/-ˈstɹɑː-/    美 /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/|/-ˈstɹɑ-/|/-ˈstɹæ-/|[-ɾəs]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena.
    — [page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly inclined masses, attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated, separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the near or distant approach of which may sometimes be estimated from its greater or less abundance and permanence.

词形变化

cirrostrati plural

词源

From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.
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