cirrus
/sir-uhs/US // ˈsɪr əs //UK // (ˈsɪrəs) //
卷云,盘旋,卷曲,卷烟
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural cir·rus for 1, cir·ri [sir-ahy] /ˈsɪr aɪ/ for 2, 3.
- : Meteorology. a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet.a cirriform cloud.
- : Botany. a tendril.
- : Zoology. a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc.the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as intendril
Examples
This cloud may either evaporate or disappear, or it may pass to the cirrus, or sink lower and become a cirro-stratus.
The Cirrus occurs in very great variety, and in some states of the air is constantly changing.
In dry weather the cirrus is sharp, defined, and fibrous in texture, the lines vanishing off in fine points.
Filling the vision to the south-west was Aurora Peak, in crisp silhouette against a glorious radiant of cirrus cloud.
Ventral tentacular cirrus of second somite of a thin or foliaceous and asymmetrical form.
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