drizzle

drizzle
noun
  1. [mass noun]light rain falling in very fine drops
    毛毛雨,细雨
    Scotland will be cloudy with patchy drizzle.
    苏格兰的天气将是多云,局部地区有小雨。
    [in sing.]a steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a.m.
    从凌晨三点开始一直下着毛毛雨。
    ■[in sing.](Cookery)a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over something
    (烹)(滴在食品上的)调味液细流
verb
  1. [no obj.](it drizzles, it is drizzling 等)rain lightly
    下毛毛雨
    it's started to drizzle.
    开始下毛毛雨了。
    [as adj. drizzling]the drizzling rain.
    毛毛细雨。
    ■[with obj.](Cookery)cause a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) to trickle over food
    (烹)(在食品上)滴(调味液)
    drizzle the clarified butter over the top.
    在顶端滴上细细一股纯净奶油。
    ■[with obj.]cause a liquid ingredient to trickle over (food) in this way
    在(食物)上滴调味液
    raspberries drizzled with melted chocolate.
    滴上了巧克力汁的紫莓。
派生
drizzly
( drizzlier, drizzliest)
adjective(drizzlier, drizzliest)
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: probably based on Old English drēosan 'to fall', of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary
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