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Synonymer

Uttal

  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/

Ingen översättning hittades i den valda målspråket.

Cloudburst verkar vara ett sammansatt ord. Prova att söka dess delar separat:

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A sudden heavy rainstorm.

Exempel

  • [B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.
  • A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
  • In Uniontown, Pa., John Walchesky & family rushed from their house when lightning set it afire, rushed in again when a cloudburst put out the blaze.
  • [H]e walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst, the first rain in a month.

Böjningsformer

Pluralcloudbursts