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单词 overcast
释义
overcast
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.kɑːst//ˌəʊ.vəˈkɑːst/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.kæst/
withcloudsin theskyandthereforenotbrightandsunny:
阴天的，多云的；布满阴云的
Thesky/weatherwas overcast.天空／天气阴沉沉的。
adepressing, overcastwintermorning沉闷、阴暗的冬日早晨
Synonyms
cloudy
sunlessliterary
Opposites
cloudless
sunny(BRIGHT)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
  • billow
  • brume
  • chemtrail
  • cirrocumulus
  • cirrus
  • condensate
  • contrail
  • cumulonimbus
  • foggy
  • haze
  • haze over
  • lowering
  • mist
  • moisture
  • nimbus
  • pall
  • pea-souper
  • steaming
  • vapour trail
  • whiteout
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Describing bad weather
overcast
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈkɑːst/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkæst/
past tenseovercast|past participleovercast

overcastverb(CLOUDS)

[T]
(ofclouds) tocovertheskyso it is notbrightandsunny:
（云）遮天蔽日
Thickcloudsovercast thesky.厚厚的云层笼罩着天空。
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The qualities of light
  • ablaze
  • brightly
  • brilliantly
  • dazzling
  • dazzlingly
  • dullness
  • flickering
  • fluorescent
  • luminescent
  • luminous
  • lustrous
  • moonlit
  • optically
  • polychromatic
  • prismatic
  • shining
  • sparkling
  • starlit
  • sunlit
  • ultraviolet
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overcastverb(SEWING)

[IorT]
tostitchover theedgeof apieceofclothtostoptheloosethreadsfromseparating:
包边缝，绕边缝
Finish off thehemby overcasting.用包边缝完成下摆。
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Knitting & sewing
  • appliqué
  • appliquéd
  • Aran
  • Bargello
  • baste
  • haberdashery
  • handknit
  • handknitted
  • hank
  • hem
  • quilting
  • reknit
  • resew
  • rib
  • runsomethingup
  • running stitch
  • sampler
  • seam
  • sew
  • stitch
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(Definition ofovercastfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overcast| American Dictionary

overcast
adjective
us
/ˈoʊ·vərˌkæst,ˌoʊ·vərˈkæst/
cloudyandthereforenotbrightandsunny:
an overcastsky/day
(Definition ofovercastfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovercast

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The quality of light is indeed external andovercast, a quality maintained even without sufficient natural light.
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If a building can be adequately lit on anovercastday, then the blue sky can provide twice as much light.
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All indirect measurements were only taken during uniformlyovercastsky conditions or after sunset (mostly after 1700 h).
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The following night wasovercast, pitch black and with no stars visible.
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The natural light in the reading room is diffuse and directionless and, like theovercastsky, the light source is never seen directly.
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On anovercastday, the light is very diffused and is about 5% of direct sunlight.
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Trapping was carried out under similar general climatic conditions, avoiding rainy or heavilyovercastdays.
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Readings were taken duringovercastor cloudy conditions when diffuse light was predominant, as required by this method.
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All photographs were taken under uniformlyovercastsky conditions to minimize reflections in the images.
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On severalovercastdays, observations were continued throughout the day.
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Anovercastsky gives the city a sombre appearance, as if brooding on an uncertain future.
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The albedo of a completeovercastsky ranges from 44 to 50 per cent for cirrostratus to 90 per cent for cumulonimbus.
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The rooflights exploit the fact that anovercastsky is three times as bright at the zenith as at the horizon, enabling less glazing for the same amount of light.
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The photographs are especially a treat for those who have been in this area and experienced considerableovercastskies, rain, and fog, obliterating the spectacular scenery.
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They restrict the daylight of the room behind and unless they are allowed to get very cold on coldovercastdays they will use substantial amounts of heat.
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