| 单词 | to rain by planets |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rain (also fall, etc.) by (also in) planets d. English regional. to rain (also fall, etc.) by (also in) planets: to rain in heavy localized showers, as though governed by capricious planetary influences. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain in very localized manner to rain (also fall, etc.) by (also in) planets1670 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 45 It rains by planets, this the Countrey people use when it rains in one place and not in another; meaning that the showers are governed by the Planets. 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 22 Heavier now the tempest musters, Down in plennets teems the rain. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) In changeable weather the rain and sunshine come and go by planets. A man of unsteady mind acts by planets; meaning much the same as by fits and starts. 1882 in J. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale 206 That no two floods in Nidderdale are alike in effect, which is locally accounted for by saying, ‘that the rain falls in planets’. < as lemmas |
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