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雨の匂いがするメカニズムについて。
私も雨の匂い好き。地上のゴタゴタした匂いがいったんリセットされるというか。しとしと雨も嵐もどっちも好き。イギリスでも好きな人多いなら嬉しいな。
gruelling
意味 〈時間· 仕事などが〉へとへとに疲れさせる (exhausting); 厳しい, 辛い
Rejoice! For rain has blessed us once again. After that gruelling heatwave (RIP to all grass everywhere), we finally have miserable British weather back again.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/20/why-you-love-the-smell-of-rain-and-what-causes-it-17196571/
miserable British weather ww 雨好きなので羨ましいけどなー湿度低そうだし。
aerosol
意味 [U] [化] エーロゾル, 煙霧質 (気体中に分散しているコロイド状の粒子).
Scientists at MIT have figured out that rain releases an aromatic aerosol which creates that familiar smell, particulalry after a long period without.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/20/why-you-love-the-smell-of-rain-and-what-causes-it-17196571/
あー。確かに夏なんかカラカラな地面に雨が染み込むと匂いが強い気がする。
porous
意味 〈物· 物質などが〉通水 [通気] 性の; 〈物質 (の表面) などが〉多孔性の.
Using high-speed cameras, the researchers observed that when a raindrop hits a porous surface, it traps tiny air bubbles at the point of contact. As in a glass of champagne, the bubbles then shoot upward, ultimately bursting from the drop in a fizz of aerosols.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/20/why-you-love-the-smell-of-rain-and-what-causes-it-17196571/
gust
意味 突風, 一陣の風 （blast より弱い） .
The researchers suspect that in natural environments, aerosols may carry aromatic elements, along with bacteria and viruses stored in soil. These aerosols may be released during light or moderate rainfall, and then spread via gusts of wind.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/20/why-you-love-the-smell-of-rain-and-what-causes-it-17196571/
え…bacteria and virusesの匂いだったりするの？w 干した布団の匂い＝ダニの死骸の匂い的なやつなの？w
intriguing
意味 〈問題· 事実などが〉興味をそそる, 実におもしろい, 魅力ある.
‘It’s a very common phenomenon, and it was intriguing to us that no one had observed this mechanism before.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/20/why-you-love-the-smell-of-rain-and-what-causes-it-17196571/
