mass noun
1- light rain falling in very fine drops毛毛雨, 细雨：
Scotland will be cloudy with patchy drizzle
苏格兰将是多云, 局部地区有毛毛雨
in sing. a steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a.m.从凌晨三点开始一直下着毛毛雨。
1.1
- in sing. Cookery a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over something【烹】（浇在食品上的）液态调料细流。
no obj.(it drizzles, it is drizzling等)
1- rain lightly下毛毛雨：
it's started to drizzle
开始下毛毛雨了
as adj. drizzling the drizzling rain.毛毛细雨。
1.1
- with obj. Cookery cause a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) to trickle over food【烹】（在食品上）浇（液态调料）：
drizzle the clarified butter over the top.
在上面浇一点纯净奶油。
1.2
- with obj. cause a liquid ingredient to trickle over (food) in this way在（食物）上浇液态调料：
raspberries drizzled with melted chocolate.
浇有溶解巧克力的树莓。
派生词
drizzly
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: probably based on Old English drēosan 'to fall', of Germanic origin; probably related to DREARY.