gullywasher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm. Midwestern-US,Southern-US,US,Western,informal
    — "Then maybe some preacher got a tad too zealous on Sunday" Thinking of his " frog-strangler," Lucy said, "In Montana, we'd call this a gullywasher." " Gullywasher. I like that." She could hear him, up there on the island in Thomas Jefferson's ...

词形变化

gullywashers plural gully-washer alternative gully washer alternative

词源

From gully + washer. First use appears c. 1903.
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