drizzle
英 ['drɪz(ə)l]
美 ['drɪzl]
vi. 下毛毛雨
vt. 下毛毛雨
n. 细雨，毛毛雨
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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
drizzledrizzle: see drearydrizzle (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》