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Dew is the little drops of water that appear on grass, leaves, cars, and spider webs by early morning. They are not rain.
Dewdew is the little drops of water是小小的水珠 that appear on grass, leaves, cars, and spider webs出現在草地、葉子、車子和蜘蛛網上 by early morning在清晨的時候。They are not rain它們不是雨。
In the night the air cools, and water that was hiding in the air turns into tiny drops on cold surfaces. By late morning the sun usually takes them away.
In the night the air cools晚上空氣會變涼, and water that was hiding in the air turns into tiny drops原本藏在空氣裡的水氣就會凝結成小水珠 on cold surfaces附著在冰涼的表面上。By late morning the sun usually takes them away到了接近中午，太陽通常會把它們曬乾。
It is a quiet everyday nature word, and a favourite in poems and songs because it feels fresh and gentle.
It is a quiet everyday nature word這是個安靜、日常的自然用詞, and a favourite in poems and songs而且是詩和歌曲很愛用的字 because it feels fresh and gentle因為它給人一種清新、柔和的感覺。
Though actually people often say “morning dew,” as if dew belonged only to dawn; that is when we notice it, but it forms in the cool of the night. You can also meet it in set pictures like “dew on the grass.” It is a very old English word for this kind of moisture.
Though actually不過其實 people often say "morning dew,"大家常說「morning dew」 as if dew belonged only to dawn好像dew只屬於清晨; that is when we notice it我們的確是在那時候才注意到它, but it forms in the cool of the night但它其實是在夜裡變涼時形成的。You can also meet it in set pictures你也會在固定的說法裡看到它 like "dew on the grass."像「dew on the grass」。It is a very old English word它是個非常古老的英文字 for this kind of moisture用來指這種水氣。
組成From Old English dēaw, “dew.” Related to German Tau and Dutch dauw. An old twin (doublet) of the rare word dag. The verb, now uncommon, meant to wet with dew.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Dewname
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A surname.
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An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States.
dewnoun詞源 1/d͡ʒuː/
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Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
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Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
- And Gideon said vnto God, If thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Beholde, I will put a fleece of wooll in the floore: and if the deaw be on the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose vp early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the deaw out of the fleece, a bowle full of water. And Gideon said vnto God, Let not thine anger be hote against me, and I will speake but this once: Let mee prooue, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and vpon all the ground let there be deaw. And God did so that night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was deaw on all the ground.
- As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
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An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
- There was a heavy dew this morning.
- On their entrance, Aylmer was greeted by a new surprise—his daughter Lucy, whom he very naturally supposed was quietly in her bed, lay on the window-seat, the casement open, and herself asleep; but the traces of tears were upon her cheek, and her long fair hair loose, and yet saturated with the dews of the night.
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Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
- the golden dew of sleep
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An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
- Thy people ſhalbe willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holineſſe from the wombe of the morning: thou haſt the dew of thy youth.
- the dew of his youth
dewverb詞源 2/d͡ʒuː/
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To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
- The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.
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To deposit dew.
- The former [substances extremely attentuated, or in a filamentous and downly state] collect dew copiously, while the latter [solids] so rarely indicate its presence, even when it is dewing freely on contiguous substances, that some observers have doubted whether it ever happened, and have been disposed to believe that they repel it.
- Yesterday she tied Kenneth to a tree and left him there for hours when it was dewing.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。