drizzle
英 ['drɪz(ə)l]
美 ['drɪzl]
- vi. 下毛毛雨
- vt. 下毛毛雨
- n. 細雨，毛毛雨
助記提示
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. 由此推出同源詞：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. drizzle 毛毛雨 “毛毛雨追著人走”
中文詞源
drizzle 下毛毛雨的詞源同drip, 滴。引申義小雨，毛毛雨。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad.
- 將剩下的調料淋在鴨肉和色拉上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
- 毛毛雨現在已經停了，太陽正破雲而出。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil.
- 將加熱過的特級初榨橄欖油淋在上麵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle, and today it is indeed raining.
- 昨天預報有小雨, 今天果然下起來了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The shower tailed off into a drizzle.
- 陣雨越來越小,最後變成了毛毛雨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》