单词 | smur |
释义 | smurn. dialect and Scottish. 1. Fine rain; drizzle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain roke1292 mull-rain1440 mizzle1490 rugc1540 drizzlea1612 dag1808 smur1808 sprinkle1829 skew1839 fret1982 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Smurr, a drizzling rain. Ayrs. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 368 Smur, small rain. 1878 Good Words 19 245 Sunday morning, which was grey with mist and ‘smur’. 2. A drizzle of rain, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > slight spitting1707 smur1830 skit1847 spit1849 skiff1895 whisp1923 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. iii. 33 During the afternoon a smur of rain came on. 1872 J. Young Lochlomond Side (E.D.D.) A cannie smir O' a refreshing simmer shower. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xix. 176 The morning broke with a little wind and a slight smurr of rain. 3. Mist, cloud. local. ΚΠ 1907 ‘Q’ Major Vigoureux xxvi. 260 Day broke—a dull smur of gray in an interval between two sleet-laden squalls. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 792/2 The smur comes up the valley like a veil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smurv. dialect and Scottish. intransitive. To drizzle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain fine rain mugc1400 mizzle1439 mull1440 drizzle1566 haze1691 dag1825 smur1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) It's Smurrin, it rains slightly. 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms To smur, to rain lightly and mistily. 1881 E. FitzGerald Lett. I. 472 It has been what we call down here ‘smurring’ rather than raining. 1898 N. Munro John Splendid 290 Whenever rains are smirring and mists are blowing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808v.1825 |
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