mochyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

mochy

1. (Scotland) Damp and hot; muggy, close.
   • 1919, London Grain, Seed, and Oil Reporter, page 6:

     They are preferable to the "mochy" days which so effectually retard the progress of harvest, and […]

   • 1926, The Scottish Farmer, page 1322:

     Probably the warm, damp, "mochy" weather experienced at the end of September and the first few days of October is the reason for this. A week of such conditions, in which the blow-fly revels, can do much damage and cause great annoyance to the shepherd […]

   • 1946, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 193:

     […] rain and close mochy weather.

   • 1954 September 4, St. Andrews Citizen:

     […] but there was rain at night and again on Sunday, which was dull all day. Tuesday was a real "mochy" day, with a close damp atmosphere.