English Dictionary

skiff

IPA（発音記号）

/skɪf/

名詞

A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc. / A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

日本語の意味

雨や雪、または風が一瞬だけちらっと降ったり吹いたりする現象（小雨、小雪、小風） / 地面や水面、木々などに薄く積もった雪、氷、または埃の状態

A sudden skiff of rain tapped the tin roof as we sipped our coffee, reminding us that autumn had arrived.

私たちがコーヒーを飲んでいると、突如として屋根を軽い通り雨が叩き、秋が来たことを思い出させた。

意味（1）

A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.

A little on again, off again, skiff of rain made the road slippery in spots.

意味（2）

A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

At sunrise there was a slight skiff of ice on some water in a bucket; […]

skiffs （ plural ）