smirrとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

smirr (三人称単数 現在形 smirrs, 現在分詞 smirring, 過去形および過去分詞形 smirred)

1. (Scotland, intransitive) To drizzle; to rain finely.
   • 2014, William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

     The queue was about the size of a small football crowd and in the smirring rain it should have been a formula for misery. But the place was jumping joyously.

2. (Scotland, transitive) To cover with fine rain.
   • 2022, John MacKay, The Road Dance

     Rain clouds smirred the horizon, but for now the grey mists above were content to drift on.