heat-dropn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈheat-drop.

Usually in plural:

a. A few drops of rain ushering in a hot day. Also figurative, e.g. of tears.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop > specific

after-dropa1586

heat-drop1651

thunder-drop1832

1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 55 No more considerable in respect of the whole, then so many heat-drops of error, can stand in competition with a cloud of witnesses.

1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. i. 40 Nothing at their Command beside their Tears, And we, vain men, whom such Heat-drops deceive!

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 125 If you can weep, weep! and call them heat-drops.

b. Drops of sweat.

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1887 S. Baring-Gould Red Spider II. xxii. 52 Her brow was pearled with heat-drops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	heat-drop
释义	heat-dropn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈheat-drop. Usually in plural: a. A few drops of rain ushering in a hot day. Also figurative, e.g. of tears. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop > specific after-dropa1586 heat-drop1651 thunder-drop1832 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 55 No more considerable in respect of the whole, then so many heat-drops of error, can stand in competition with a cloud of witnesses. 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. i. 40 Nothing at their Command beside their Tears, And we, vain men, whom such Heat-drops deceive! 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 125 If you can weep, weep! and call them heat-drops. b. Drops of sweat. ΚΠ 1887 S. Baring-Gould Red Spider II. xxii. 52 Her brow was pearled with heat-drops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1651
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