cumulonimbus

名词 n.
/ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/    /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.
    — The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.

词形变化

cumulonimbuses plural cumulonimbi plural cumulo-nimbus alternative

词源

From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).
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