单词 | mango showers |
释义 | > as lemmasmango showers mango showers n. South Asian light showers that precede the monsoon in India. ΚΠ 1840 Madras Q. Med. Jrnl. July 376 The temperature was still high, but was reduced by the fall of nearly 4 inches of Rain, which came in slight showers, usually called Mangoe showers. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (at cited word) Mango-showers,..used in Madras for showers which fall in March and April, when the mangoes begin to ripen. 1971 Catholic Worker Jan. 4/3 Rains that were 1st called mango showers became a three-day uninterrupted deluge. 2004 M. Skidmore Karaoke Fascism iii. 34 I arrived in Rangoon in May 1996,..during the mango showers that signaled the imminent arrival of the monsoon period. < as lemmas |
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