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語源

From 中期英語 cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from 古期英語 clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈklaʊ̯diː/, [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯]
  • • (t-flapping) IPA: [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː], [ˈkʰlaʊ̯ɾɪi̯]
• (Southern 米国発音, Midland 米国発音, Mid-Atlantic 米国発音, New York City, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈklæʊ̯diː/, [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯]
• (Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization) IPA: /ˈklaːdiː/, [ˈkʰlaːdɪi̯]
• 韻: -aʊdi
• ハイフネーション: clou‧dy

形容詞

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.

   Synonyms: clouded, overcast

   Antonyms: cloudless, noncloudy, unclouded, uncloudy

2. Not transparent or clear.
   • 2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time‎:

     […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.

   1. (of fruit juice) Containing pith
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

   a cloudy infrastructure

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious
6. Having cloudlike markings.

   cloudy marble

派生語

関連する語

語源

From 古期英語 clūdiġ; equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkluːdiː/

形容詞

cloudy

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
2. Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
3. (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
4. (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

派生した語

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

参照

• “clǒudī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.