drizzle

🇬🇧 UK/'drizl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To rain lightly; to pour a liquid slowly and evenly over something.

下毛毛雨;缓缓淋上(液体)

n.

Light, fine rain.

毛毛雨,细雨

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
drizzleother
=drizzle

Common Collocations

  • 1.light drizzle轻微毛毛雨
  • 2.morning drizzle早晨毛毛雨
  • 3.steady drizzle持续细雨

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The morning drizzle made the streets slippery, so pedestrians walked carefully.

  • 2.

    It was only drizzling when we left home, but the rain intensified by afternoon.

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