drizzle
英['drɪz(ə)l]
美['drɪzl]
- vi. 下毛毛雨
- vt. 下毛毛雨
- n. 细雨，毛毛雨
词态变化
复数: drizzles;第三人称单数: drizzles;过去式: drizzled;过去分词: drizzled;现在分词: drizzling;形容词: drizzly;
助记提示
1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. drizzle 毛毛雨 “毛毛雨追着人走”
中文词源
drizzle 下毛毛雨的词源同drip, 滴。引申义小雨，毛毛雨。
英文词源
- drizzle
- drizzle: see dreary
- drizzle (v.)
- 1540s, perhaps an alteration of drysning "a falling of dew" (c. 1400), from Old English -drysnian, related to dreosan "to fall," from PIE root *dhreu- (see drip (v.)). Or perhaps a frequentative of Middle English dresen "to fall," from Old English dreosan. Related: Drizzled; drizzling. As a noun, from 1550s.
双语例句
- 1. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad.
- 将剩下的调料淋在鸭肉和色拉上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
- 毛毛雨现在已经停了，太阳正破云而出。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil.
- 将加热过的特级初榨橄榄油淋在上面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle, and today it is indeed raining.
- 昨天预报有小雨, 今天果然下起来了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The shower tailed off into a drizzle.
- 阵雨越来越小,最后变成了毛毛雨.
来自《简明英汉词典》