| 单词 | yellow rain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow rain yellow rain n. yellow particulate material, spec. pollen or bee excrement containing pollen, falling from the air in rain or on the wind; a fall of such material; cf. sulphur rain n. at sulphur n. and adj. Compounds 2.In the 1970s and 1980s, a yellow powder falling in this way reportedly caused injury to people in war zones, esp. in South-East Asia, and was believed to be a chemical weapon, possibly containing mycotoxins (see, e.g., quots. 1981 and 2014). Similar expressions with reference to these specific events are attested in several languages of South-East Asia, but it is uncertain whether any of these formed the model for the English use, or vice versa. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > other poisonous substances hebenonc1592 yellow rain1755 asphyxiant1888 syntoxoid1901 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > with suspended particles or pollution red rain?1660 yellow rain1755 blood rain1772 acid rain1845 sulphur rain1882 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > pollen and related parts sandarac1623 globulet1671 powder1672 bread1682 farina1721 pollen1723 father-dust1728 rough wax1744 yellow rain1755 dust1776 fovilla1793 anther dust1797 pollen mass1828 pollen tube1830 intextine1835 pollen grain1835 pollen granule1835 exine1839 exintine1839 intine1839 pollinium1849 sulphur shower1854 pollinic mass1857 pollen chamber1863 smoke1868 pollen sac1872 pollinarium1881 sulphur rain1882 pollinic chamber1885 perine1895 pollen content1926 sculpturing1943 monad1947 nexine1948 sexine1948 1755 R. Gibson Course Exper. Philos. vii. 155 Scheuch Zerus relates, that in the Year 1677, there was a yellow Rain fell near Zurich, which was found swimming in the Form of Powder upon an adjacent Lake. 1850 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 511 Yellow rain fell at the Mumbles at 11 A.M.; leaving spots like ochre. Wind S.W. Weather fine. 1903 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 5/2 The phenomenon of ‘yellow rain’ was observed at some of the southern..stations. 1981 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. c1 The United States has been trying since 1976 to verify reports that chemical weapons, known popularly as ‘the yellow rain’, are being used against remote villages in Laos, Cambodia and, more recently, Afghanistan. 2011 Japan Econ. Newswire (Nexis) 24 Mar. The ‘yellow rain’ seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents had worried. 2014 Observer (Nexis) 27 Apr. (Mag.) 32 The CIA has written up its official history of yellow rain, but refuses to declassify it. < as lemmas |
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