A heavy shower; (in later use) spec. a blast or sudden shower of rain. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > downpour > sudden (6) rashOE A heavy shower; (in later use) spec. a blast or sudden shower of rain. Obsolete. waterspout1586 A sudden and violent fall of rain; a cloudburst. Also: a sudden surge or rising of floodwater, a spate. Also figurative. Now rare. downfall1603 British. A fall of precipitation from the sky as rain, snow, or hail, esp. when sudden and heavy; a downpour; (also) the fallen water amassing… plumpa1688 Scottish and Irish English (northern). In early use more fully plump shower. A sudden heavy shower or downpour. Cf. thunder-plump n. at thunder, n.… spate1727 A sudden heavy downpour or storm of rain. cloud-burst1872 a violent storm of rain, a ‘waterspout’. |
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