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drizzle

verb
🔊/ˈdrɪzl/
🔊/ˈdrɪzl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drizzle
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he / she / it drizzles
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past simple drizzled
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past participle drizzled
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-ing form drizzling
🔊/ˈdrɪzlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] when it is drizzling, it is raining lightly下毛毛雨；下蒙蒙细雨
    • It was drizzling outside.外面下着毛毛细雨。
    • When they left it was beginning to drizzle.他们离开时开始下毛毛雨。
    Topics Weatherc2
  2. [transitive] drizzle something (over something) to pour a small amount of liquid over the surface of something（毛毛雨似的）洒落 synonym dribble
    • Drizzle the lemon juice over the fish.在鱼上淋上柠檬汁。
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably based on Old English drēosan ‘to fall’, of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary.

drizzle

noun
🔊/ˈdrɪzl/
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 [uncountable, singular]
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  1. light fine rain毛毛细雨
    • The forecast for tomorrow is mist and drizzle.天气预报说明天有薄雾和小雨。
    • A light drizzle was falling.细雨蒙蒙。
    Extra Examples
    • We walked home through the drizzle.我们在蒙蒙细雨中步行回家。
    • Tomorrow will be mostly dry, except for outbreaks of drizzle over south-west England and Wales.明天将大部分是干燥的，除了英格兰西南部和威尔士的小雨爆发。
    Topics Weatherc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fine
    • light
    • slight
    • …
    drizzle + verb
    • fall
    preposition
    • in a/​the drizzle
    • through a/​the drizzle
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably based on Old English drēosan ‘to fall’, of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary.