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atmospheric

/at-muhs-fer-ik, -feer-/US // ˌæt məsˈfɛr ɪk, -ˈfɪər- //

大气,大气的,大气层,大气圈

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
    • : caused by, produced by, or operated on by the atmosphere: atmospheric storms.
    • : resembling or suggestive of the atmosphere; having muted tones and softened or indistinct outlines; hazy: atmospheric effects.
    • : having or producing an emotional atmosphere: atmospheric quality; atmospheric lighting.

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Examples

  • Many places around the world, such as in Africa and South America, lack atmospheric monitoring stations — so it’s still a mystery which countries besides China were responsible for the recent rise and fall of CFC-11 emissions.

  • Vivid atmospherics and frequently comedic dialogue animate this highly polished novel.

  • These atmospheric events can affect how radio signals travel through the air, he notes.

  • It was unclear whether any of these chill atmospherics would affect the mythic power of the groundhog to tell on Tuesday what weather fate awaits us.

  • Among the biggest questions for climate change forecasters is how atmospheric aerosols shape clouds, which can help cool the planet.

  • Dear Thief is worthy of the abused critical adjectives philosophical, atmospheric, and masterful.

  • Yet this is an established fact, agreed upon by over 99 percent of climatologists, atmospheric scientists, and other experts.

  • Carell is good in a brooding, atmospheric movie but Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are better.

  • Too often though, the guitar feels merely atmospheric; either unassuming by design or just lost in the mix.

  • His focus on the grim and the disturbing is beautiful, and becomes rhythmic, atmospheric, and addictive.

  • The steam pressure in the Newcomen atmospheric was continued unaltered in the Watt vacuum engine.

  • Reeds that are leathered cannot be depended upon; atmospheric changes affect them and put them out of tune.

  • The cylinder was let down into the top of the boiler, and like Newcomen's atmospheric engine had no cylinder cover.

  • In these whirlings great differences in atmospheric pressure are brought about in contiguous areas of sea.

  • Atmospheric air, when deprived of the water which it ordinarily contains, has very little heat-containing capacity.