raindropn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪndrɒp/, U.S.

/ˈreɪnˌdrɑp/

Forms: see rain n.¹ and drop n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian reindrup , Middle Dutch rēgendrop (in Teuthonista (1477); Dutch (now chiefly literary) regendrop ; the usual word is regendruppel ), Middle Low German rēgendroppe , Old High German regentropho (Middle High German regentrophe , German Regentropfen ), Old Swedish räghndrupi (Swedish regndroppe ) < the Germanic base of rain n.¹ + the Germanic base of drop n. In sense 2b after classical Latin stillicidium stillicidium n.; compare earlier stillicide n. 2, stillicidium n. 1.Compare also rain's drop, attested in Old English and early Middle English:OE tr. Alexander's Let. to Aristotle (1995) §36. 248 Ða sægde se bisceop þæt þær næfre in þæm londum regnes dropa ne cwome.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xi. 196 On ægðre healfe þæs scipes wæs swiþe mycel regnes storm, & in þæt ilce scip nan regnes dropa ne gefeoll.c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) 372 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 504 In þe norþ half of þe churche..Þer neful noȝt a reynes drope.

1. A single drop of rain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain

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OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xii. 80 Hagol cymð of ðam rendropum þonne hi beoð gefrorene upp on þære lyfte.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 199^v Eliotropia..y-doon in water..makeþ þe water seþe..and resolueþ it..in to myst, and soone þer-after it is resolued in to reyn dropes.

c1400 (?c1280) Old Test. Hist. in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 11 (MED) Who schulde þe rein-dropes telle, oiþer þe grauel in þe Cee?

1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete 180 The teares like rayn droppes come tricklinge doune his cheekes.

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 163 We must not imagine, that rain drops have the same form and density in the Clouds with which they arrive at the ground.

1771 B. Franklin (title) How raindrops grow.

1798 M. Holford Gresford Vale & Other Poems 17 See how the rain-drop beats his hoary brow.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 4 The warder..Hears, upon turret-roof and wall, By fits the plashing rain-drop fall.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 65 The rounded rain-drops had solidified during their descent.

1878 H. James Europeans x He entered the room with a glow in his cheek and half-a-dozen rain-drops glistening on his mustache.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island iii. 22 Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window.

1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ii. 11 The rain-drops falling from the cloud.

1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 July 1/6 (headline) Brisbane counts raindrops.

†2.

a. The falling of rain. Obsolete. rare. [The quot. could perhaps instead be interpreted as showing a plural use in sense 1, with loss of final -n.]

ΚΠ

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 110 (MED) Heil, þi sone of gret Miracle Is hul of holy hope, Of reste he is vr tabernacle, To schilde vs from reyn-drope.

b. Rainwater falling from the roof, etc., of a building on to a neighbouring property, as permitted by Roman law. Cf. stillicide n. 2, stillicidium n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 79 Urban servitudes are such as..the rights of roof-gutter and rain-drop.

Compounds

General attributive, instrumental, and objective.

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1838 F. S. L. Osgood Wreath Wild Flowers 141 I shall think of the rain-drop prism, And the sun's refracted ray.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 117 Sprinkling sweet odours and sparkling raindrop gems.

1879 J. D. Dana Geol. (ed. 3) 84 Rill-marks, mud-cracks, and rain-drop impressions.

1884 Science 19 Sept. 273/2 The sandstone surface is distinctly marked by raindrop pits.

a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 65 Why, raindrop-roundels looped together That lace the face of Penmaen Pool.

1944 Agric. Engin. 25 131 (title) Studies of raindrop erosion.

1990 High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 66/2 Or you might like to marvel at a ‘concept car’ fitted with ‘raindrop sensors’. At the first pitter-patter of a shower, the device obligingly switches on your windscreen wipers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	raindrop
释义	raindropn. Brit. /ˈreɪndrɒp/, U.S. /ˈreɪnˌdrɑp/ Forms: see rain n.¹ and drop n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian reindrup , Middle Dutch rēgendrop (in Teuthonista (1477); Dutch (now chiefly literary) regendrop ; the usual word is regendruppel ), Middle Low German rēgendroppe , Old High German regentropho (Middle High German regentrophe , German Regentropfen ), Old Swedish räghndrupi (Swedish regndroppe ) < the Germanic base of rain n.¹ + the Germanic base of drop n. In sense 2b after classical Latin stillicidium stillicidium n.; compare earlier stillicide n. 2, stillicidium n. 1.Compare also rain's drop, attested in Old English and early Middle English:OE tr. Alexander's Let. to Aristotle (1995) §36. 248 Ða sægde se bisceop þæt þær næfre in þæm londum regnes dropa ne cwome.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xi. 196 On ægðre healfe þæs scipes wæs swiþe mycel regnes storm, & in þæt ilce scip nan regnes dropa ne gefeoll.c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) 372 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 504 In þe norþ half of þe churche..Þer neful noȝt a reynes drope. 1. A single drop of rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop raindropOE the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain wetec897 rainsOE raindropc1400 wetc1440 onfall1803 rainfall1817 rainfall1855 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xii. 80 Hagol cymð of ðam rendropum þonne hi beoð gefrorene upp on þære lyfte. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 199^v Eliotropia..y-doon in water..makeþ þe water seþe..and resolueþ it..in to myst, and soone þer-after it is resolued in to reyn dropes. c1400 (?c1280) Old Test. Hist. in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 11 (MED) Who schulde þe rein-dropes telle, oiþer þe grauel in þe Cee? 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete 180 The teares like rayn droppes come tricklinge doune his cheekes. 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 163 We must not imagine, that rain drops have the same form and density in the Clouds with which they arrive at the ground. 1771 B. Franklin (title) How raindrops grow. 1798 M. Holford Gresford Vale & Other Poems 17 See how the rain-drop beats his hoary brow. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 4 The warder..Hears, upon turret-roof and wall, By fits the plashing rain-drop fall. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 65 The rounded rain-drops had solidified during their descent. 1878 H. James Europeans x He entered the room with a glow in his cheek and half-a-dozen rain-drops glistening on his mustache. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island iii. 22 Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window. 1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ii. 11 The rain-drops falling from the cloud. 1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 July 1/6 (headline) Brisbane counts raindrops. †2. a. The falling of rain. Obsolete. rare. [The quot. could perhaps instead be interpreted as showing a plural use in sense 1, with loss of final -n.] ΚΠ c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 110 (MED) Heil, þi sone of gret Miracle Is hul of holy hope, Of reste he is vr tabernacle, To schilde vs from reyn-drope. b. Rainwater falling from the roof, etc., of a building on to a neighbouring property, as permitted by Roman law. Cf. stillicide n. 2, stillicidium n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 79 Urban servitudes are such as..the rights of roof-gutter and rain-drop. Compounds General attributive, instrumental, and objective. ΚΠ 1838 F. S. L. Osgood Wreath Wild Flowers 141 I shall think of the rain-drop prism, And the sun's refracted ray. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 117 Sprinkling sweet odours and sparkling raindrop gems. 1879 J. D. Dana Geol. (ed. 3) 84 Rill-marks, mud-cracks, and rain-drop impressions. 1884 Science 19 Sept. 273/2 The sandstone surface is distinctly marked by raindrop pits. a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 65 Why, raindrop-roundels looped together That lace the face of Penmaen Pool. 1944 Agric. Engin. 25 131 (title) Studies of raindrop erosion. 1990 High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 66/2 Or you might like to marvel at a ‘concept car’ fitted with ‘raindrop sensors’. At the first pitter-patter of a shower, the device obligingly switches on your windscreen wipers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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