Precipitation



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 急躁; 降雨 ( 量)
• ［英］ n. 急躁 ( hastiness) ; 降水 ( 量) ( fall of rain, sleet, snow or hail)
• ［类］ snow : precipitation / hurricane : cyclone ( 雪是降水的一种 / 飓风是卷风的一种)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1502
• 1. the quality or state of being precipitate ; hastiness
• 2. an act, process, or instance of precipitating; especially the process of forming a precipitate
• 3. something precipitated: as
  • a. a deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also the quantity of water deposited
  • b. precipitate 1

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