| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| cloud | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Wetter: eine abgegrenzte Masse aus sichtbarem Wasserdampf, welcher in der Luft schwebt | |
| 3. [2] ein Masse (große Menge) von Rauch, Staub, Sand die in der Luft schwebt | |
| 4. [3] eine große Anzahl von Insekten, die zusammen durch die Luft fliegen | |
| 5. [4] optischer Fehler innerhalb einer durchsichtigen Masse | |
| 6. [5] etwas, das ein Grund ist für Unglücklichsein oder auch Ungewissheit | |
| [1] Black clouds appeared from the west. | |
| Schwarze Wolken zogen von Westen auf. | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| cloud | |
| 1. subst. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill. |  |
| 2. subst. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. | |
| 3. subst. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. | |
| 4. subst. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. | |
| 5. subst. (figurative) Anything unsubstantial. | |
| 6. subst. A dark spot on a lighter material or background. | |
| 7. subst. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying. | |
| He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats. | |
| 8. subst. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud. | |
| The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head. | |
| 9. subst. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing. | |
| 10. subst. (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud. | |
| 11. subst. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine. | |
| 12. subst. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. | |
| The glass clouds when you breathe on it. | |
| 14. v. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. | |
| The sky is clouded. | |
| 15. v. To make obscure. | |
| All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue. | |
| 16. v. To make less acute or perceptive. | |
| Your emotions are clouding your judgement. | |
| The tears began to well up and cloud my vision. | |
| 17. v. To make gloomy or sullen. | |
| 18. v. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character). | |
| 19. v. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours. | |
| to cloud yarn | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Wolke | |
| 1. n-f. cloud, a visible mass of condensed water droplets in the air | |
| Der Himmel ist heute von Wolken bedeckt. - The sky is covered in clouds today. | |
| 2. n-f. cloud, made of steam, ash, smoke or anything that resembles such a mass (may also be Schwaden or Schwade in this sense) | |
| Bei Vulkanausbrüchen entstehen meist riesige Aschewolken. - During volcanic eruptions, vast ash clouds do often appear. | |
| 3. n-f. nebula, enormous masses of interstellar dust and hydrogen in outerspace (may also be Nebel in this sense) | |
| Interstellare Staubwolken sind häufig die Kinderstuben neuer Sterne. - Interstellar nebulae are often the cradles for new stars. | |
