释义 |
miz·zle I. \ˈmizəl\ intransitive verb (mizzled ; mizzled ; mizzling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; mizzles) Etymology: Middle English misellen; akin to Dutch dialect miezelen to drizzle, Middle Dutch misel mist, dew, drizzle, Flemish mijzelen, mizzelen to drizzle, Low German mis foggy weather, Middle Dutch mist, mest mist, fog — more at mist chiefly dialect : to rain in very fine drops II. noun (-s) Etymology: from earlier mysell, misle, probably from Middle Dutch misel chiefly dialect : a fine rain : drizzle III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: origin unknown chiefly dialect : confuse, muddle, misinform IV. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: origin unknown slang chiefly Britain : to take oneself off : disappear suddenly : slink away : decamp < gone an' mizzled to the war — C.J.Dennis > V. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of obsolete English measle to cover with or as if with measles, from measle, singular of measles Scotland : to make spotted : speckle |