| 单词 | weather-dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweather-dog weather-dog n. [dog n.1 9.] dialect = weather-gall n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [noun] > imperfectly formed water-gall1573 weather-gall1621 sun dog1635 weather-dog1758 wind-gall1823 wind-dog1860 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 17 There appeared in the North-East the frustum of a large rainbow... They call it here in Cornwall a weather dog,..and pronounce it a certain sign of hard rain. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. (1881) 434 ‘Weather dogs’..are regarded as certain prognostications of showery or stormy weather. < as lemmas |
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