vaporous cloud
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈveɪpərəs klaʊd/
- US
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nube vaporosa
- The sunrise cast golden light through the vaporous cloud above the valley.
Examples
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A vaporous cloud drifted across the moon, shrouding it in a mysterious haze.
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She watched as a vaporous cloud floated over the still lake, transforming the scene into a fairytale.
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The vaporous cloud floated gently across the sky.
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I saw a vaporous cloud forming over the mountains.
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The sunset created a beautiful, vaporous cloud that drifted gently across the sky.
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As they climbed higher, they found themselves surrounded by a vaporous cloud that made the mountain peaks seem unreal.
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In the early morning light, a vaporous cloud hung low over the lake, adding to the serene atmosphere.
How Misty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'vaporous' (misty, ethereal) modifies 'cloud' (a visible mass of water droplets), so a learner who knows both words will understand it as a thin, misty or insubstantial cloud. This adjective + noun pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common construction, making the phrase transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Vaporous cloud may come from the image of thin steam or mist rising and making a soft, ghost-like cloud in the air. Because vaporous suggests very light moisture and cloud a light shape, the phrase now means 'misty', 'thin', or 'dreamlike'.