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
- noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
- verb To rain lightly, or to pour a liquid slowly and thinly over food.
spit — full definition
- noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
- noun Saliva, especially when spat out.
- noun A narrow strip of sand or land jutting out into water.
- verb To forcefully eject saliva from the mouth.
- verb To rain very lightly.
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