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(yǔ)例句
1. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad.
將剩下的調(diào)料淋在鴨肉和色拉上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
毛毛雨現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)停了,太陽(yáng)正破云而出。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil.
將加熱過(guò)的特級(jí)初榨橄欖油淋在上面。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle, and today it is indeed raining.