mizzle
noun[U]
mainlyScottish EnglishorUSuk/ˈmɪz.əl/us/ˈmɪz.əl/rainmade of many verysmalldrops
蒙蒙细雨See also
drizzlenoun(RAIN)
Precipitation: rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloud seeder
- cloud seeding
- cloudburst
- downpour
- drizzle
- heaven
- pelt
- piss
- puddle
- rain gauge
- rainbow
- rainstorm
- seed
- shower
- sun shower
- wash
- wash(something)out
- washout
mizzle
verb[I]
mainlyScottish EnglishorUSuk/ˈmɪz.əl/us/ˈmɪz.əl/mizzleverb[I](RAIN)
torainwith many verysmalldrops:
It's been mizzling most of themorning.
Because itbeganto mizzle, hedartedaway andborrowedtwoumbrellasfor us.
See also
drizzleverb(RAIN)
- It was mizzlingsteadily, so Iboughtaminibusticket, whichcostmore than ataxiwould here.
- By thetimeI was down in thevalleyit wascooland mizzling.
- It was mizzling abitbut my twochildrenwereplayingoutside.
Precipitation: rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloud seeder
- cloud seeding
- cloudburst
- downpour
- drizzle
- heaven
- pelt
- piss
- puddle
- rain gauge
- rainbow
- rainstorm
- seed
- shower
- sun shower
- wash
- wash(something)out
- washout
mizzleverb[I](DISAPPEAR)
UKold-fashionedinformal
todisappearquicklyandsuddenly:
She mizzled into thecrowd.
Thegentlemanwhoemployedme has mizzled, and heowesme fiftypounds.
Appearing & disappearing
- appear
- Bermuda Triangle
- bubble up
- creep
- creep in/creep intosomething
- deliquesce
- dissolve
- filter
- melt away
- pass
- re-emergence
- reappear
- reappearance
- rematerialize
- sprout
- vanish
- vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smokeidiom
- vanishing
- wear
- wind