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单词 mizzle
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mizzle1

noun ˈmɪz(ə)lˈmɪzəl
mass noundialect
  • Light rain; drizzle.

    the stillness that comes with a Cornish mizzle
    Synonyms
    rainfall, precipitation, raindrops, rainwater, wet weather
verb ˈmɪz(ə)lˈmɪzəl
[no object]it mizzles", "it is mizzling, etc.dialect
  • Rain lightly.

    it was mizzling steadily
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The gray skies have lingered all day, but it has not rained or even mizzled.
    • Even as the drizzle mizzles down relentlessly on the site, it is a truly Arcadian setting.
    • Yesterday and today have been gorgeous, blue skies, small clouds and only mizzled this morning for a short while.
    • The yellow and red leaves are swirling down, the rain mizzles, the soft white sky is soothing after months of harsh sunlight.
    • Moreover, chocolate can be dissolved by heat from below then vertically transferred to the top of the fountain, where it then mizzles downward the tiers.
    • There was a mizzling rain and only a slither of moon in the sky - as there was in the real sky last night - and the laneway was very dark.
    Synonyms
    rain, fall, drizzle, spray, mizzle, hail

Derivatives

  • mizzly

  • adjective ˈmɪz(ə)liˈmɪzli
    dialect
    • By all rights there should be a depressing mizzly rain misting down from the heavens.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was a grey, mizzly day and I had no good reason to go out at all.
      • ‘Okay, why don't you stop us,’ he mocked, but something skittish and shamed began to leak into his eyes, a grey, mizzly vapor that snuffed out all the light.
      • Through his mizzly eyes he saw her handkerchief.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): probably a frequentative from the base of mist; compare with Low German miseln and Dutch dialect miezelen.

Rhymes

chisel, drizzle, fizzle, frizzle, grizzle, sizzle, swizzle, twizzle

mizzle2

verb ˈmɪz(ə)lˈmɪzəl
[no object]British dated, informal
  • Go away suddenly; vanish.

    he mizzled into the crowd

Origin

Late 18th century: of unknown origin.

 
 

mizzle1

nounˈmizəlˈmɪzəl
dialect
  • Light rain; drizzle.

    Synonyms
    rainfall, precipitation, raindrops, rainwater, wet weather
verbˈmizəlˈmɪzəl
[no object]it mizzles", "it is mizzling, etc.dialect
  • Rain lightly.

    it was mizzling steadily
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yesterday and today have been gorgeous, blue skies, small clouds and only mizzled this morning for a short while.
    • The gray skies have lingered all day, but it has not rained or even mizzled.
    • Moreover, chocolate can be dissolved by heat from below then vertically transferred to the top of the fountain, where it then mizzles downward the tiers.
    • The yellow and red leaves are swirling down, the rain mizzles, the soft white sky is soothing after months of harsh sunlight.
    • There was a mizzling rain and only a slither of moon in the sky - as there was in the real sky last night - and the laneway was very dark.
    • Even as the drizzle mizzles down relentlessly on the site, it is a truly Arcadian setting.
    Synonyms
    rain, fall, drizzle, spray, mizzle, hail

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): probably a frequentative from the base of mist; compare with Low German miseln and Dutch dialect miezelen.

mizzle2

verbˈmizəlˈmɪzəl
[no object]British dated, informal
  • Go away suddenly; vanish.

    he mizzled into the crowd

Origin

Late 18th century: of unknown origin.

 
 
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