单词 | rain spot |
释义 | > as lemmasrain spot rain spot n. (a) Geology = rain print n.; (b) a raindrop; a wet mark made by a fallen raindrop. ΚΠ 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 566/1 We see the coarse rocks of Borrowdale and Patterdale..change to..the pale grey rocks around Grasmere, or the ‘rain spot’ slate of White Moss. 1878 T. Hardy in New Q. Mag. July 328 He watched the rain spots thickening upon the faded frocks..and coarse pinafores of his unprotected little flock. 1895 C. E. Cowle Let. 18 Feb. in J. Mulvaney et al. From Frontier (2000) ii. 60 Daer was in at Alice Spgs and I was an orphan and kept busy dodging rain spots all night (it never ceased for four days and nights). 1944 in Mrs. Milburn's Diaries (1979) 5 Nov. 248 The rain had soaked the curtain and..rain spots showed on the carpet. 1958 A. Sillitoe Loneliness Long Distance Runner 38 Three green-backs..had been washed down by the water, and more were following, lying flat at first after their fall, then getting tilted at the corners by wind and rainspots. 2002 Jrnl. Struct. Geol. 24 1261/1 There is evidence of emergence (rain spots) and proximal plant life. < as lemmas |
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