drizzle的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

drizzle：下毛毛雨的

词源同drip, 滴。引申义小雨，毛毛雨。

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