Precipitation

(noun.) an unexpected acceleration or hastening; 'he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise'.

(noun.) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height.

(noun.) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist).

(noun.) the process of forming a chemical precipitate.

(noun.) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; 'the storm brought several inches of precipitation'.

录入:凯思琳

• It does this by means of precipitation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• My uncle will be full of horror, weakness, precipitation; and that is the only expedient which will suggest itself to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It made her a little hasty and feverish in her precipitation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This formation of a solid substance from the mingling of two liquids is called precipitation; such a process occurs daily in the rocks beneath the surface of the earth. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In his judgment granite was a primitive rock formed previous to animal and vegetable life (hence without organic remains) by chemical precipitation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It was a foolish precipitation last Christmas, but the evil of a few days may be blotted out in part. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The less precipitation, the smaller should be the amount of seed planted. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If, however, the air is not saturated, a fall in temperature may occur without producing precipitation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

校对:凯尔西