nimbus

Word family adjectivenimbednimbusednounnimbostratusnimbus

Related topics: Meteorology

nim·bus /ˈnɪmbəs/ noun (plural nimbuses or nimbi /-baɪ/)

1. [countableC, uncountableU] technicalHEM a dark cloud that may bring rain or snow 雨云

2. [countableC]x-ref a halo 〔神像等头上的〕光轮，光环，光晕

Examples from the Corpus

nimbus• Her face was framed by her Pamela bonnet, a nimbus of straw trimmed with pink ribbons and blue silk anemones.• She was cross legged, bare breasted, her hair around her head like a nimbus.• Then we were higher still and the earth curved away from us, showing a nimbus of atmosphere at its edge.• All around the head of the minister-with-the-film-star looks was a nimbus, or brightly-shining halo.• A nimbus of light had collected there, spinning gently.• They seemed to glow in the flickering green-gold gold light, as if embraced by a holy nimbus.• The tilted eyes of the others gives the doctor his heroic, questing mien, his humourless nimbus.

Origin nimbus

(1600-1700) Latin “rainstorm, cloud”

词汇	nimbus
释义	nimbus Word family adjectivenimbednimbusednounnimbostratusnimbus Related topics: Meteorology nim·bus /ˈnɪmbəs/ noun (plural nimbuses or nimbi /-baɪ/) 1. [countableC, uncountableU] technicalHEM a dark cloud that may bring rain or snow 雨云 2. [countableC]x-ref a halo 〔神像等头上的〕光轮，光环，光晕 Examples from the Corpus nimbus• Her face was framed by her Pamela bonnet, a nimbus of straw trimmed with pink ribbons and blue silk anemones.• She was cross legged, bare breasted, her hair around her head like a nimbus.• Then we were higher still and the earth curved away from us, showing a nimbus of atmosphere at its edge.• All around the head of the minister-with-the-film-star looks was a nimbus, or brightly-shining halo.• A nimbus of light had collected there, spinning gently.• They seemed to glow in the flickering green-gold gold light, as if embraced by a holy nimbus.• The tilted eyes of the others gives the doctor his heroic, questing mien, his humourless nimbus. Origin nimbus (1600-1700) Latin “rainstorm, cloud”
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