becloud

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause to become obscure or muddled. transitive
    — […] Intemperance and Superfluity beclouds the Mind, dulls the edge of the Apprehension, and brings upon it an unmanly Languor, bearing down all the noble Faculties of the Soul into Ignorance and Stupidity […]
  2. To cover or surround with clouds. passive,transitive,usually
    — And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.
  3. To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken. figuratively,transitive
    — What Fury has possest thee? What strange fit Usurps thy patience, and beclouds thy brow?

词形变化

beclouds present,singular,third-person beclouding participle,present beclouded participle,past beclouded past

词汇关系

衍生词
beclouder unbeclouded

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English cloud
English becloud
From be- + cloud.
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