昨天午休时，身边儿的小刘放起了一首怀旧老歌《Rhythm Of The Rain 雨中节奏》，伴着优美的旋律一抬头，嘿！窗外也助兴般地下起了一阵绵绵细雨~坐在对面儿的外教Tony不禁感叹道:"A fine rain is fine beginning. " 这时小刘又奇怪了:"下了一场好雨就是好的开始？这话不通顺呐！"

呵呵，小刘同学在这里又犯了"知识狭隘"的毛病，"fine"这个单词的意思可不止是"好的和罚款"这两个哟，用作形容词时还可以是"纤细的、细微的、精细的"意思，所以"fine rain"就是毛毛细雨啦！人家Tony刚才那句话说的是"绵绵细雨是美好的开端!"

fine

adj. 纤细的；颗粒细微的；精确的；精密的；精细的

fine rain

na. 细雨；毛毛雨；毛毛细雨；雨丝；绵绵细雨;

drizzle ['drɪz(ə)l]

v. 下毛毛雨；下蒙蒙细雨；（毛毛雨似的）洒落 n. 毛毛细雨；小雨；微雨；下细雨

【En】Very thin or narrow. 非常薄或很窄的。Very thin or in very small pieces or drops. 非常薄或非常小的碎片或水滴。In small grains, pieces, or drops. 以小颗粒、小碎片或小水滴的形式。Fine details, changes, differences etc are very small and therefore difficult to understand or notice. 细微的细节、变化、差异等都非常小，因此很难理解或注意到。Very exact and delicate, or needing to be done, treated, or considered very carefully. 非常精确和精细的，或需要非常仔细地做、处理或考虑的。Something that is fine is very delicate, narrow, or small. fine指的是非常精致、狭窄或小的东西。A fine detail or distinction is very delicate, small, or exact. 精细的细节或区别是非常微妙、微小或精确的。

得嘞，还是先来听几句有关这个"纤细的fine"是如何应用的吧！

1/ A fine drizzle started falling.

开始下起了毛毛细雨。

2/ The heat scorched the fine hairs on her arms.

高温烧焦了她胳膊上的细毛。

3/ The ship has come to rest on the fine sand.

船停在细沙上了。

4/ Chop the ingredients finely and mix them together.

把食材剁碎，混合在一起。

5/ We stayed up discussing the finer points of Marxist theory.

我们熬夜讨论马克思主义理论的细节问题（精髓）。

6/ The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.

市场喜欢大致的轮廓，但对细节上会保留判断。

7/ I soon found that what I like best about the job was being outdoors, seeing this city changes from season to season. And there are places of scene I would probably never have seen in another job. And I love all kinds of weather. I like to leave the window down in a fine rain.

我很快发现，我最喜欢这份工作的一点是可以在户外看到季节交替时这座城市的变化。这些景色在其他的工作岗位是很难看到的。我喜欢各种各样的天气。我喜欢在细雨纷飞时摇下车窗。

【活学活用 give an example】

• A light Breeze and fine drops of rain

微风细雨

• Cut the onion into fine slices.

把洋葱切成细丝。

• A fine rain was falling, leaving horizontal streaks on the glass of the outside window.

外面下着细雨，雨水在外面一层玻璃窗上画出一道道横纹。

• A fine coating of dust covered most of the furniture.

大部分家具都蒙上了一层薄薄的灰尘。

• Scientists are now able to measure fine distinctions between levels of sleep depth.

科学家现在能够测量出睡眠深度的细微差别。

• The baby's head was covered in fine blond hair.

婴儿满头的金色细发。

• The eruption had covered the town with a fine layer of ash.

火山爆发给整个镇子覆盖了一层细细的火山灰。

• Apply a fine line of highlighter along the middle of your top lip.

用唇线笔沿着上嘴唇的中线细细地画上一道。

• the fine tuning on the radio.

收音机的微调

• She has inherited her mother's fine (= delicate and beautiful) features.

她继承了母亲清秀的面容。

• I understood in general what she was talking about, but some of the finer details/points were beyond me.

我大致上理解她在说些什么，但是有一些具体的细节／问题没有弄明白。