overcast
阴天,阴霾,阴雨天,阴雨
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Definitions
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- : overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- : Meteorology. more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- : dark; gloomy.
- : Sewing. sewn by overcasting.
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o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing.
- : to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy: Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.
- : to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.
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o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing.
- : to become cloudy or dark: By noon it had begun to overcast.
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- : Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- : Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it.Compare undercast.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A room glows with fluorescent light of the same hue as a yellowed, overcast sky after a storm.
It’s the first since the Terps ended a 42-year title drought in 2017, when they knocked off Ohio State on a chilly, overcast New England holiday afternoon — similar to the one expected Monday at Rentschler Field.
Spotty light showers and drizzle persist through much of the day under overcast skies, perhaps diminishing a bit during the afternoon as skies turn slightly brighter.
She thought about her family, her job, her hair as she gazed at the overcast sky and, before Sergio could see, wiped away the tears.
Thursday’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, becoming more overcast as the day wears on, with a high of 82 and winds at 10-15 mph.
However, an overcast sky (like you see often during the winter) usually ranks at only 1,000 lux or lower.
Mostly cloudy Monday through Wednesday, cloudy Thursday, overcast Friday, and considerable cloudiness over the weekend.
The wet ground mirrored the overcast sky and three officiating officers stood saluting in the background.
The plan was to go that coming Sunday afternoon, but when the day came it was bitter, overcast, so I tried begging off.
Haneke, however, is in a decidedly genial mood on an overcast fall day in midtown Manhattan—and with good reason.
Thick clouds of smoke overcast the sky, shrouding the morning with sombre gray.
The heavens were overcast with gray cold clouds that rode high and brought wind rather than rain.
The sky was gloomy and overcast, and altogether the outlook was about as terrible as it could well be.
The night was mild and calm, but overcast and exceedingly dark.
The mornings are cool and overcast, but the middle of the day is clear.