2if the sky or clouds are threatening, bad weather is likely 〔天气〕阴沉沉的
a threatening thundercloud
一片阴沉沉的雷雨云
—threateninglyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
threatening• I hummed a little tune, even as the ghostsgathered round me, silent and threatening.• Oxford's bowling was never threatening and looked rather ordinary when Glendenen and Parker began to hurry after a quiet first half-hour.• He was arrested for threatening behaviour and using abusivelanguage.• These threateningcontacts are of two kinds: the difficult and the sympathetic.• After Boro's only real threatening first-half attempt, Bernie Slaven shot across the face of the goal from an angle.• Avoidsudden or threateningmovements around the birds.• Before the attack I'd received several threateningphone calls.• When an attachment has been formed, there is a person the baby can turn to in threatening situations.• threateningtelephone calls• When taken collectively these acts signify a deeper, more threateningtendency.• "You listen to me!" he said in a threatening voice.