cloudlike

/klˈaʊdlaɪk/ adj

**Cloudlike** describes something that looks or feels like a cloud—soft, billowy, drifting. It can refer to literal clouds or to anything that mimics that airy, indistinct texture. Use when describing a pastry puff that puffed up like a cumulus, a thought that hovers without firm shape, or a sky painted in vague pastel swirls. The word works best with visual or tactile impressions that suggest lightness and lack of defined edges. It carries a poetic tone, making prose feel fluffy without becoming saccharine. In scientific prose, reserve it for phenomena that truly exhibit a nebulous, diffuse quality.

【核心含义】形容像云一样蓬松、轻柔、飘渺的外观或质感。

多用于描绘视觉或触觉上轻盈模糊的意象(如甜点泡沫、抽象思绪),带有诗意色彩。避免用于需要精确描述的科技语境,除非确实指代云雾状扩散现象。

【Significado central】Describe algo que parece o se siente como una nube: suave, esponjoso, etéreo y sin contornos definidos.

Úsalo para impresiones visuales o táctiles que sugieran ligereza y bordes difusos, como un panecillo inflado, una idea que flota sin forma precisa o un cielo pintado con tonos pastel y difuminados. Tiene un tono poético (literario) que aporta fluidez al texto sin caer en lo cursi. En contextos científicos o técnicos, resérvalo únicamente para fenómenos que realmente tengan una calidad nebulosa o difusa; evítalo cuando necesites precisión.

Word Origin Cloudlike means 'resembling a cloud.' Cloud originally meant a 'lump, mass' — from a root meaning 'to ball up.' That's why clouds are clumpy. Like comes from a root meaning 'body, form' — so 'like' originally meant 'having the same body or form.' So cloudlike is 'having the form of a cloud.' Related: cloudy, cloudburst, likely, likeness.

adj Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

The baby's cloudlike blanket was soft and warm.

(形容词) 云状的;如云的

婴儿的云朵般柔软的毯子既柔软又温暖。

(adjetivo) esponjoso; algodonoso; como una nube; nuboso [Que se asemeja a una nube o a nubes; por lo tanto, a menudo, esponjoso.]

La manta de la bebé, similar a una nube, era suave y cálida.

(adjectif) vaporeux; duveteux; cotonneux; aérien; nébuleux [Qui ressemble à un nuage ou à des nuages ; souvent moelleux, douillet.]

La couverture **cloudlike** du bébé était douce et chaude.

(Adjektiv) wolkenartig; wolkig; flauschig [einer Wolke ähnlich; oft locker, weich oder flauschig.]

Die **cloudlike** Decke des Babys war besonders weich und warm.

(形容詞) 雲のような; ふわふわした

赤ちゃんの雲のような毛布は柔らかく暖かかった。

(adjetivo) como uma nuvem; fofo; algodonoso [Que se parece com uma nuvem ou nuvens; assim, frequentemente, fofo]

O cobertor fofo do bebê era macio e quente.

Word parts: cloud + like

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