释义 |
pluvious, a.|ˈpluːvɪəs| [a. OF. pluvieus (1245 in Godef.), F. pluvieux, or ad. L. pluviōsus rainy.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by rain; full of or bearing rain or moisture; rainy.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. vi. 66 In places ouer colde And pluuyous, olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 48/2 The ayre is to moyste and pluviouse or raynye. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. iv. 346 The Rainebow..declareth a pluvious disposure in the ayre. 1844Blackw. Mag. LVI. 371 The pluvious metropolis of the west. a1876M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) II. 235 Dost thou not find that this pluvious weather produceth much newspaper stupidity? |