单词 | sleeting |
释义 | sleetingn. The action of the verb. Also concrete, a sleety shower. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > sleet > the falling of sleet sleeting1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Sleeting,..the act of falling in sleet. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley cix. 534 A thin sleeting of rain began to fall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). sleetingadj. Falling as sleet; containing sleet; sleety. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > characterized by sleet > falling as sleet sleeting1566 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxvii. f. 53v By litle and litle he consumed, as sletyng Snowe againste the warme Sonne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vent verglas, a sharpe freezing, or sleeting wind. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. x. 290 There is no Iris ever observed from a Snowy, yea or a Sleeting Cloud. 1778 Love-feast 33 Soft as the sleeting Snow. 1907 H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xxvii A sleeting drizzle beat against the panes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1775adj.1566 |
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