密布 mìbù to cover densely
怎么记住“密布”: 密 secret + 布 cotton = to cover densely.
汉字
用法
- Densely spread across an area - 乌云密布 (wūyún mìbù) dark clouds blanket the sky; 星罗密布 densely dotted about.
- Almost always describes things scattered thickly over a surface (clouds, stars, spies, sensors), not a solid cover; verb-like and written in register.
- 乌云密布 is a near-fixed collocation signaling an impending storm, literal or figurative.
例句
- 天空乌云密布。 Tiānkōng wūyúnmìbù.The sky is full of dark clouds.