clouding
/klaʊd/
名词
云
Dark clouds massed on the horizon.
天边阴云密布。
一团（尘土、烟雾等）；云状物
The initial cloud of tear gas had hardly cleared before shots were fired.
催泪瓦斯的第一团烟雾刚散尽，射击就开始了。
（网络）云
All the photographs are kept on the cloud rather than on hard drives.
所有的照片都存在网络云里，而不是硬盘上。
/klaʊd/
动词
（使）变得模糊，（使）变得黯然
When it came to explaining the lipstick on his collar, he found that drink had clouded (= confused) his memory.
等到要他解释衣领上的口红印时，他才意识到当时酒喝得太多，什么都记不清了。