| 单词 | to spot with rain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spot with rain b. intransitive. Usually with non-referential it as subject: to rain in large, scattered drops, esp. before a shower or storm. Frequently in to spot with rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > fall in scattered drops > large spot1841 platch1853 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 575 Spot, to commence raining. Ex. ‘It spots o' rain.’ 1862 Meliora 4 372 It is spotting with rain, my dear. 1899 Man of World 18 Apr. 6/3 The morning was bitterly cold and spotting with rain. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/2 It began to spot with rain. 1931 M. de la Roche Finch's Fortune viii. 131 ‘Is it raining?’ asked Augusta. ‘Just beginning to spot,’ replied Mrs. Court. 1980 N. Freeling Castang's City i. 7 As night fell, it began spotting again with rain. 2011 P. Robinson Before Poison ix. 155 It was spotting with rain as we drove through narrow streets past the Romanesque buildings. < as lemmas |
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