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单词 drizzle
释义 driz·zle
I. \ˈdrizəl\ verb
(drizzled ; drizzled ; drizzling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; drizzles)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English drysnen to fall, from Old English -drysnian to disappear; akin to Old English drēosan to fall — more at dreary
intransitive verb
1. : to rain in very small drops
 < a raw drizzling rain >
 < it drizzled off and on all day >
sometimes : to rain lightly : sprinkle
 < come on, it's only drizzling now >
2. : to shed minute drops or particles like fine rain
 < the drizzling eyes to eat her beauty — Robinson Jeffers >
transitive verb
1. : to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles
 < the aphids drizzled honeydew on our heads >
 < the air doth drizzle dew — Shakespeare >
 < after four minutes turn roe and mushrooms … then slowly drizzle on wine, sprinkle with parsley — Ford Times >
2. : to make wet with minute drops
 < the dew on the branches disturbed by our passage drizzled our hair and shoulders >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a fine misty rain; specifically : a light rain of very small drops falling at a velocity of between 144 feet per hour and 2 1/4 feet per second — compare shower
2.
 a. : a slow dribble or trickle of a liquid
  < a lukewarm drizzle from the faucet >
 b. : a slow steady issue of hints or bits (as of an idea or attitude)
  < a drizzle of sensationalism — Elizabeth Janeway >
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