rain
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops. 雨[also 'the' N]
I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain. 我希望你站在外麪雨裡沒(méi)淋得渾身透溼。
2. N-PLURAL In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains. 雨季
...the spring, when the rains came. …春天,雨季來(lái)臨時(shí)。
3. V-I When rain falls, you can say that it is raining. 下雨
It was raining hard, and she didn't have an umbrella. 雨下得很大,而她沒(méi)有帶繖。
4. V-T/V-I If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place. 使像雨點(diǎn)般落下; 像雨點(diǎn)般落下
The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park. 警察對(duì)暴亂者和旁觀者都一陣猛打,清空了公園。
5. PHRASAL VERB Rain down means the same as . 同(rain)
Fighter aircraft rained down high explosives. 戰(zhàn)鬭機(jī)如雨點(diǎn)般投下烈性炸彈。
返回 rain
rain /re?n/ (raining,rained,rains)
劍橋詞典
- drops of water from clouds
- Do you think those are rain clouds on the horizon ?
- All I could hear was the drip of the rain from the roof .
- At last the rain began to ease off.
- All areas of the country will have some rain tonight .
- The water level in the lake is much higher after heavy rain.
雨;雨水
Rain is forecast for tomorrow . 預(yù)報(bào)明天會(huì)下雨。
Come inside out of the rain. 進(jìn)屋來(lái),別在雨裡淋著。
We had heavy /light rain all day . 我們這兒傾盆大雨/毛毛細(xì)雨整整下了一天。
We got caught in pouring /torrential (= a lot of) rain without either raincoats or umbrellas . 我們既沒(méi)帶雨衣也沒(méi)帶繖,正趕上大雨滂沱,淋成了落湯雞。
There will be showers of rain/rain showers (= short periods of rain) in the east . 東部地區(qū)將有陣雨。
It looks like rain (= as if rain is going to fall ). 天看起來(lái)好像要下雨。
?the rains [ 名詞的複數(shù)形式 ]
the season of the year in tropical countries when there is a lot of rain
(熱帶地區(qū)的)雨季
Villagers are now waiting for the rains to come so that the rice will grow . 村民們正在等待雨季的到來(lái),那時(shí)稻子才能生長(zhǎng)。
This is the third year in a row that the rains have failed . 這是連續(xù)第三個(gè)年頭雨季沒(méi)有下雨了。
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