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毛毛雨 — meaning in English

máo mao yǔ

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English meaning

  • drizzle noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  • spit noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
  • sprinkle verb To scatter small drops or particles of something over a surface.
  • sprinkling noun A small, thinly scattered amount of something.

Senses

毛毛雨 is used for these senses in English:

  • drizzle (physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
  • spit (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
  • sprinkle A light rain shower.
  • sprinkling A light shower of rain.

drizzle — full definition

  1. noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  2. verb To rain lightly, or to pour a liquid slowly and thinly over food.

spit — full definition

  1. noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
  2. noun Saliva, especially when spat out.
  3. noun A narrow strip of sand or land jutting out into water.
  4. verb To forcefully eject saliva from the mouth.
  5. verb To rain very lightly.

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