cloud
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noun
1. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground:
雲 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う)
e.g. the sun had disappeared behind a cloud
e.g. the full moon, hidden by veils of cloud.
an indistinct or billowing mass, especially of smoke or dust:
(ほこり･湯気などの)雲のような物
e.g. a cloud of dust.
a large number of insects or birds moving together:
(虫などの)集団, 大群
e.g. clouds of orange butterflies.
a vague patch of color in or on a liquid or transparent surface.
(ガラスなどの)曇り, (液体などの)濁り.
2. a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry:
不安, 災いの兆し, 暗雲
e.g. a black cloud hung over their lives
e.g. the only cloud to appear on the horizon was Leopold's unexpected illness.
a frowning or depressed look:
e.g. a cloud passed over Jessica's face.
3. (often the cloud) Computing a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet and used to store, manage, and process data in place of local servers or personal computers:
〘コンピュ〙 ネットワーク, インターネット
e.g. as modifier : once you are logged in to your cloud storage space, you can upload files to it and share them with others
e.g. $13 per month gets you 25GB of storage in the cloud.
verb
1. no object (of the sky) become overcast with clouds:
〈ガラス･空などが〉曇る(over, up)
e.g. the blue skies clouded over abruptly.
with object darken (the sky) with clouds:
〈ガラスなど〉を曇らせる, 〈空･山など〉を覆う(over, up)
e.g. the western sky was still clouded.
2. make or become less clear or transparent:
〈液体〉を濁らせる.
e.g. with object : blood pumped out, clouding the water
〈液体が〉濁る.
e.g. no object : her eyes clouded with tears.
with object make (a matter or mental process) unclear or uncertain; confuse:
〈状況･事態など〉をわかりにくくする
e.g. don't allow your personal feelings to cloud your judgment.
with object spoil or mar (something):
〈思考･記憶･判断･理解など〉を曇らせる, 鈍らせる
e.g. the general election was clouded by violence.
3. no object (of someone's face or eyes) show worry, sorrow, or anger:
｟文｠ 〈顔が〉曇る; 暗くなる(over)
e.g. his expression clouded over.
with object (of such an emotion such as worry, sorrow, or anger) show in (someone's face):
｟文｠ 〈顔･目など〉を曇らせる(over).
e.g. suspicion clouded her face.
PHRASES
every cloud has a silver lining
see silver.
in the clouds
out of touch with reality:
e.g. this clergyman was in the clouds.
on cloud nine (or on cloud seven)
extremely happy. with reference to a ten-part classification of clouds in which ‘nine’ was next to the highest.
under a cloud
under suspicion or discredited:
e.g. he left under something of a cloud, accused of misappropriating funds.
have one's head in the clouds
(of a person) be out of touch with reality; be daydreaming.
DERIVATIVES
cloudlet |ˈkloudlət| noun
ORIGIN
Old English clūd‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. cloud (sense 1 of the noun) dates from Middle English.