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单词 drizzle
释义
verb | noun
drizzledrizzle1 /ˈdrɪzəl/ ●○○ verb Etymology
ETYMOLOGYdrizzle1
Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old English dreosan to fall
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
drizzle
Simple Form
Presentitdrizzles
Pastitdrizzled
Present perfectithas drizzled
Past perfectithad drizzled
Futureitwill drizzle
Future perfectitwill have drizzled
Continuous Form
Presentitis drizzling
Pastitwas drizzling
Present perfectithas been drizzling
Past perfectithad been drizzling
Futureitwill be drizzling
Future perfectitwill have been drizzling
1it drizzles if it drizzles, light rain and mist come out of the sky:  It’s been drizzling all day.2[transitive] to let a liquid fall on something else in a small stream or small drops, or to cover something with a liquid in this way:  Drizzle chocolate sauce over the sliced bananas.
verb | noun
drizzledrizzle2 noun [singular, uncountable] Thesaurus
THESAURUS water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky
water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky:  There has been no rain for weeks. Let’s wait here until the rain stops.
a short period of rain:  More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
light rain with very small drops of water:  A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
a lot of rain that falls in a short period:  I walked back to my apartment in the downpour and got soaking wet.
a period of very bad weather with a lot of wind and rain, and sometimes thunder and lightning:  The storm caused flooding.
a mixture of snow and rain:  It was cold, and the rain was mixed with sleet.
frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice):  The hail destroyed many of the country’s crops.
a single drop of rain:  As we sat down on the beach, I felt a few raindrops fall on my face.
the amount of rain that falls somewhere:  The average rainfall in Seattle is about 36 inches a year.
 weather that is a combination of mist and light rain:  A light drizzle had started by the time we left.► see thesaurus at rain1—drizzly adjective
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