rainy dayn.

Brit.

/ˌreɪnɪ ˈdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌreɪni ˈdeɪ/

Forms: see rainy adj. and day n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rainy adj., day n.

Etymology: < rainy adj. + day n.

1. A day characterized or dominated by rainfall; (Meteorology) = rain day n. at rain n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > wet day > a day on which rain falls

rainy daya1398

rain day1901

wet day1919

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 114^v Ȝif þe sonne is..I-hid vndir a clowde, it bodiþ a reyny day ȝif he is reed.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 553 As for iustifiyng of the large..chirchis..ther bi the more multitude of persoones mowe be receyued togidere..in reyne daies.

c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre Sir Launfal (1930) 169 (MED) Vpon a rayny day hyt befel, An-huntynge wente Syr Launfel.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxvii. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

1656 A. Tuckney Good Day Improved 8 Some short lucida intervalla, as the sun in a rainy day, looking out now and then a little.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 22 Then piece and piece they dropt away, As ripe Plumbs in a rainy day.

1741 W. Wilkes Ess. Pleasures & Advantages Female Lit. 21 What a restless, trifling Piece of Furniture is an illiterate Female in a Rainy-Day!

1788 Times 12 May 3/3 It is not at all uncommon for half a dozen of them to be walking in the Garden on a very rainy day without their hats.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. vii. 175 Monday and Tuesday were rainy days.

1891 Proc. Royal Soc. 50 163 (table) The number of rainy days are those on which 0·01 [inches] rain or melted snow were recorded.

1919 Geogr. Rev. 7 44 Figure 1 shows the average annual number of ‘rainy days’ (0.01 inch or more) in the United States.

1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy (1959) 39 There are often difficulties of drying-space, especially on rainy days.

2007 Sci. Total Environment 377 277/2 We have developed a wet-frost index..as the number of rainy days (P>2 mm and T>0°C) followed immediately by days with mean temperature below −1°C in a year.

2. figurative. A possible future time of hardship or relative poverty. Frequently in for (also against) a rainy day.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > time of > a time of need

rainy dayc1580

time of need1596

c1580 tr. Bugbears iii. ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 23 Wold he haue me kepe nothyng agaynst a raynye day?

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 115 In the Time of Plenty, they lay up for a Rainy-day.

1702 True Picture Anc. Tory 30 We, who had husbanded our Money, and had lain up for a Rainy-day.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 402 It behoves us to provide against a rainy day while the Sun shines.

1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 19 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 219 I do not at present feel for our own situation, as I may do the next rainy day.

1807 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) III. 19 Laying something by for a rainy day.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. vi. 365 The massive silver did prove a hoard available, in after times, against a rainy day.

1873 L. M. Alcott Work vi. 128 The rest of the money burned in her pocket, but she prudently put it by for a rainy day.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ix. 94 The policeman, having retrieved a piece of chewing-gum from the underside of a chair, where he had parked it against a rainy day, went off into a corner.

1979 R. Rendell Make Death Love Me iii. 30 How about the ten thousand he got for selling his own house? That, said Pam, was for a rainy day.

2003 Business Rev. Weekly 20 Nov. 30/1 An ageing Australia will mean a skint Federal Government, so any windfall surplus now should be trousered—saved for the rainy day we expect ahead.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1816 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 July 433 Thomas Sheridan's father was the facetious Dr. Sheridan, the associate of Swift, and one of the rainy-day wits who helped to beguile his existence.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 358/1 I at once abandoned the rainy-day system.

1893 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers 22 July (1967) 351 It is now the only rainy-day money we have got left, in case of sudden disaster.

1912 J. Webster Daddy-Long-Legs 168 The attic where Master Jervie used to have his rainy-day playroom.

1943 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 7 Aug. 2/6 Many farmers look upon this as a rainy day job because then the weeds pull more easily.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes i. 14 A rainy-day game called Hinkum Pinkum Feather Duster..was a nerve-shattering psychodrama.

1998 New Republic 28. Sept. 9/2 The first is to sock some welfare money away in a rainy-day fund so that they can meet the increased demands when the inevitable downturn comes.

2005 Independent 2 Mar. (Property section) 21/1 (heading) For borrowers with rainy-day savings, an offset mortgage can slash years off a loan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rainy day
释义	rainy dayn. Brit. /ˌreɪnɪ ˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌreɪni ˈdeɪ/ Forms: see rainy adj. and day n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rainy adj., day n. Etymology: < rainy adj. + day n. 1. A day characterized or dominated by rainfall; (Meteorology) = rain day n. at rain n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > wet day > a day on which rain falls rainy daya1398 rain day1901 wet day1919 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 114^v Ȝif þe sonne is..I-hid vndir a clowde, it bodiþ a reyny day ȝif he is reed. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 553 As for iustifiyng of the large..chirchis..ther bi the more multitude of persoones mowe be receyued togidere..in reyne daies. c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre Sir Launfal (1930) 169 (MED) Vpon a rayny day hyt befel, An-huntynge wente Syr Launfel. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxvii. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Tuckney Good Day Improved 8 Some short lucida intervalla, as the sun in a rainy day, looking out now and then a little. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 22 Then piece and piece they dropt away, As ripe Plumbs in a rainy day. 1741 W. Wilkes Ess. Pleasures & Advantages Female Lit. 21 What a restless, trifling Piece of Furniture is an illiterate Female in a Rainy-Day! 1788 Times 12 May 3/3 It is not at all uncommon for half a dozen of them to be walking in the Garden on a very rainy day without their hats. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. vii. 175 Monday and Tuesday were rainy days. 1891 Proc. Royal Soc. 50 163 (table) The number of rainy days are those on which 0·01 [inches] rain or melted snow were recorded. 1919 Geogr. Rev. 7 44 Figure 1 shows the average annual number of ‘rainy days’ (0.01 inch or more) in the United States. 1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy (1959) 39 There are often difficulties of drying-space, especially on rainy days. 2007 Sci. Total Environment 377 277/2 We have developed a wet-frost index..as the number of rainy days (P>2 mm and T>0°C) followed immediately by days with mean temperature below −1°C in a year. 2. figurative. A possible future time of hardship or relative poverty. Frequently in for (also against) a rainy day. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > time of > a time of need rainy dayc1580 time of need1596 c1580 tr. Bugbears iii. ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 23 Wold he haue me kepe nothyng agaynst a raynye day? 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 115 In the Time of Plenty, they lay up for a Rainy-day. 1702 True Picture Anc. Tory 30 We, who had husbanded our Money, and had lain up for a Rainy-day. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 402 It behoves us to provide against a rainy day while the Sun shines. 1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 19 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 219 I do not at present feel for our own situation, as I may do the next rainy day. 1807 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) III. 19 Laying something by for a rainy day. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. vi. 365 The massive silver did prove a hoard available, in after times, against a rainy day. 1873 L. M. Alcott Work vi. 128 The rest of the money burned in her pocket, but she prudently put it by for a rainy day. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ix. 94 The policeman, having retrieved a piece of chewing-gum from the underside of a chair, where he had parked it against a rainy day, went off into a corner. 1979 R. Rendell Make Death Love Me iii. 30 How about the ten thousand he got for selling his own house? That, said Pam, was for a rainy day. 2003 Business Rev. Weekly 20 Nov. 30/1 An ageing Australia will mean a skint Federal Government, so any windfall surplus now should be trousered—saved for the rainy day we expect ahead. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1816 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 July 433 Thomas Sheridan's father was the facetious Dr. Sheridan, the associate of Swift, and one of the rainy-day wits who helped to beguile his existence. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 358/1 I at once abandoned the rainy-day system. 1893 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers 22 July (1967) 351 It is now the only rainy-day money we have got left, in case of sudden disaster. 1912 J. Webster Daddy-Long-Legs 168 The attic where Master Jervie used to have his rainy-day playroom. 1943 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 7 Aug. 2/6 Many farmers look upon this as a rainy day job because then the weeds pull more easily. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes i. 14 A rainy-day game called Hinkum Pinkum Feather Duster..was a nerve-shattering psychodrama. 1998 New Republic 28. Sept. 9/2 The first is to sock some welfare money away in a rainy-day fund so that they can meet the increased demands when the inevitable downturn comes. 2005 Independent 2 Mar. (Property section) 21/1 (heading) For borrowers with rainy-day savings, an offset mortgage can slash years off a loan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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