Drizzle



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n.下毛毛雨; 毛毛雨
• ［英］ v. / n.下毛毛雨 ( to rain or let fall in fine, mistlike drops) ; 毛毛雨 ( a fine, mis tlike rain)
• ［类］ 反义词: deluge ( 暴雨)
• ［例］ The weak lawn sprinkler just drizzled on the grass.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 1554
• 1. a fine misty rain
• 2. something that is drizzled <a drizzle of syrup>
• ? drizzly adjective

II. verb (drizzled; drizzling)

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English drysnen to fall, from Old English -drysnian to disappear; akin to Gothic driusan to fall
• Date: 1584
• transitive verb
  • 1. to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles
  • 2. to make wet with minute drops ; sprinkle <vegetables drizzled with olive oil>
• intransitive verb
  • to rain in very small drops or very lightly ; sprinkle
• ? drizzlingly adverb

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