| 单词 | rain |
| 释义 | rain (reɪn ) Word forms: rains , raining , rained 1. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] A1 Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops. I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain. A spot of rain fell on her hand. Synonyms: rainfall, fall, showers, deluge 2. plural noun In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains. ...the spring, when the rains came. The rains have failed again in the Horn of Africa. 3. verb A1 When rain falls, you can say that it is raining. It rained the whole weekend. [it VERB] It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella. [VERB] Synonyms: pour, pelt (down), teem, bucket down [informal] 4. verb 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. The opponents were raining blows on each other long after the bell had gone. [VERB noun + on] Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings. [VERB + on] Synonyms: fall, shower, be dropped, sprinkle Rain down means the same as rain. Fighter aircraft rained down high explosives. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Grenades and mortars rained down on the city. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 5. singular noun [NOUN of noun] A rain of things is a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time. A rain of stones descended on the police. Synonyms: shower, flood, stream, hail 6. it never rains but it pours phrase You can use the expression it never rains but it pours to mean that several unfortunate events often happen at the same time. 7. as right as rain phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone is as right as rain, you mean that they are completely well or healthy again, for example when they have recovered from an illness or a shock. [informal] You'll be as right as rain as soon as you are back in your own home with your baby. 8. rain or shine phrase If you say that someone does something rain or shine, you mean that they do it regularly, without being affected by the weather or other circumstances. Frances took her daughter walking every day, rain or shine. Phrasal verbs: rain off phrasal verb If a sports game is rained off, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain. [British] Most of the games have been rained off. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] ...a rained-off cricket match. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] rain out phrasal verb If a sports game is rained out, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain. [US] Saturday's game was rained out. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] Quotations: The rain it raineth every dayTwelfth Night It never rains but it pours Idioms: rain on someone's parade [journalism] to do something which spoils someone's plan, usually a plan that is very important to them It's irritating that he could rain on my parade by stealing the record before me. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come rain or shine done regularly, regardless of the weather or other problems He plays golf, come rain or shine, every Monday. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take a rain check to refuse an offer or invitation politely, or say that you would like to accept it, but at a different time She says she'd like to take a rain check on it and do it in May. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers right as rain feeling well or healthy again after an illness or injury We put a bandage on his knee, gave him a biscuit and a cup of tea and he was right as rain. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: brave the rain The dad of one braved snow, rain and gales to raise £15,000 for cancer research. The Sun (2011) Many fans who had braved torrential rain had been forced back to their homes or hotel rooms to dry off. The Sun (2011) He braved rain, freezing cold and low visibility to take exquisite photographs of the volcano. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Heavy rain is also forecast. Times, Sunday Times (2011) One day of cold and heavy rain has followed another. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Days of heavy rain had left them worried the camp would be washed away. The Sun (2010) We get horizontal rain and strong winds, but you dress for it. Times, Sunday Times (2015) On the first day of filming we stood in horizontal rain in a field outside Scarborough. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Should you let driving wind and freezing, horizontal rain stop you? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Watson's progress was delayed by a day of incessant rain. Times, Sunday Times (2015) That wind was followed by two or three months of incessant rain. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The rain was incessant but the wind proved as difficult. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Studies have claimed an inch of rain cuts turnout by one per cent. The Sun Organisers said there was no chance of the ground drying out in time, even without the inch of rain forecast for today. Times, Sunday Times Flood warnings were issued for 72 areas and 163 were put on alert yesterday after another inch of rain fell. The Sun Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell on the course. Times,Sunday Times An inch of rain could fall every day in many parts of the country, causing disruption on the road and rail networks. The Sun The ground was waterlogged yesterday after heavy morning rain and regular showers during the afternoon, leaving the unpalatable prospect of a bowl-out. Times, Sunday Times Another 4in of morning rain triggered landslides, submerged towns and triggered more than 260 flood warnings. The Sun The conditions were great - a tiny bit of cloud but nothing threatening - but the morning rain had left it a bit slippy. Times,Sunday Times He looked compact and organised while batting for 146 minutes until bad light intervened on a second day that was delayed by light morning rain. Times, Sunday Times Yes, the dampness around after persistent morning rain helped. Times, Sunday Times Forecasters said there might be a temporary respite tomorrow before persistent rain returns on Monday. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Only persistent rain is likely to have a serious impact. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The persistent rain was not part of our planning. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Britain's warm weather came to a halt as thunderstorms and rain lashed the country yesterday. The Sun (2011) Rain was lashing down on the pool cover outside. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The door to the restaurant is open and the rain is lashing in. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The wind was a north-east gale and the sea was thick with rain squalls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The submarine made several surface runs on the transport but kept losing her in rain squalls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Darkness and intermittent rain squalls interfered with visibility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residents were advised to be aware of possible rain squalls in association with the storm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rain squalls hampered her as she attempted to attain a good firing position, so she tracked the ships until after nightfall, then made a surface attack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But suddenly, the clouds part, the rain stops and the winter sun shines out. The Sun A strategically positioned webcam enables me to follow every over until rain stops play. Times, Sunday Times You play for five days and then rain stops play and it's a draw. The Sun There's also a lovely indoor pool for days when rain stops play, and the staff were ever-helpful. The Sun They could wait till the rain stops. Times, Sunday Times It smells like a fresh rain storm, you can feel it's cleaning fresh. The Sun Unfortunately the pre-match build-up was not helped by a monsoon-like rain storm followed by a driving wind throughout the game. The Sun We put in at -, and there we at once had a great south-westerly wind and rain storm. Times, Sunday Times One has a car filled with water with rubber ducks on top after a rain storm. The Sun Even the weather was controlled: cloud-seeding techniques were used the night before to precipitate a rain storm and clear the air. Times, Sunday Times Later the risk of some thicker cloud and rain threatens some southern coastal counties as well, pushing north. Times, Sunday Times Mist blurs the scenery, and rain threatens, but as we climb, the skies clear to the sight of two eagles circling overhead. Times,Sunday Times They avoid the desiccating danger of warm, dry houses, but sometimes venture indoors if heavy rain threatens to flood them out. Times,Sunday Times Atmospheric pressure usually drops as rain threatens. Times, Sunday Times Falling rain washes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and forms limestone rock on the ground. The Sun Too much rain washes beaches with pesticides and fertilisers from fields, chemicals from storm drains and waste from overflowing sewers - and there was almost none of it. Times, Sunday Times There are no trees to soak up moisture, so the rain washes off the hills and causes flooding. Times, Sunday Times The rain washes away all their scent, all their direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She writes hers on his rear windscreen but rain washes it off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Self-sufficient, it runs on renewable energy and has a central freshwater lagoon that collects and purifies rain water. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Cadmium is present in rain water and in water that has lain in galvanized iron tanks. Miracle Micronutrients (1987) In places the hot stone steamed, the cold rain water evaporating to form patches of ground mist. THE JOE LEAPHORN MYSTERIES (1989) The seasonal rains in this region are extremely variable, though - some years are thoroughly wet and others intensely dry. Times, Sunday Times With the seasonal rains only just ending, the open field soon turned muddy underfoot. Times, Sunday Times Potholed roads that wash away in seasonal rains are a block on economic growth. Times, Sunday Times But avoid spring, when seasonal rains turn the hiking into a mudbath. Times, Sunday Times Seasonal rains and fires also shape the environment of the savannah. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sheets of rain, lightning and fierce winds blew down tents and left the crowd struggling against the onslaught. Times, Sunday Times I glimpsed the glorious scything silhouette through vast sheets of rain. Times, Sunday Times The thunderstorm broke with gusting winds, thunder, lightning, hail and sheets of rain with water that gushed down the moors. Times, Sunday Times The whistling winds and sheets of rain mean our sash windows have a life expectancy of two years before they rot. Times, Sunday Times Until midnight, when it began to clear, sheets of rain, driven by a bitter north-west wind, swept over the battle area. Times, Sunday Times Steady rain made the muddy pitch, which was criticised last week, even more difficult. Times, Sunday Times Patience was the key, especially when the steady rain became a torrent shortly before half-time. Times, Sunday Times In steady rain, the expectant crowd was largely bewildered and the fillies were inevitably unsettled. Times, Sunday Times Failure, disillusion and hilarious discomfort are the default human conditions here, but it's an oddly bracing production, with a steady rain of acute character impressions. Times, Sunday Times Crucially, the opera establishes a restless, though gradual, forward trajectory, a vortex of expectation shadowed by steady rain and mounting anxiety. The Times Literary Supplement He lost his way in the late 1990s, but stormed back, and now feels as permanent as summer rain. Times, Sunday Times Not spitty, spotty summer rain, but big-dropped, might-as-well-have-been-standing-in-a-hotelshower rain. Times, Sunday Times The news of this feud fell like the softest of summer rain on my parched and broken brain. Times,Sunday Times High levels of summer rain, with more at harvest time, combined with the heat, allow rot to run riot. Times, Sunday Times A chilly spring followed by sunshine and then summer rain has created perfect growing conditions for the pungent delicacy. Times, Sunday Times Cooper is hoping the forecast rain stays away. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The forecast rain failed to appear. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The forecast rain would be most welcome. The Sun (2015) The front will move eastwards across Britain today and tomorrow, bringing more torrential rain and powerful winds. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Driving conditions over the past few weeks have been horrendous in the torrential rain. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We have also had difficulty with torrential rain on site affecting the lighting and sound. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Sadly neither of us gets round to the garden, which looks more like a tropical rain forest. Times, Sunday Times It has everything from saunas to jet-blitz showers, 'tropical rain' and scentedmist treatments. The Sun They were hit by the sort of downpour that would not have looked out of place in a tropical rain forest. The Sun The main threat comes from widespread destruction of tropical rain forests, which are rich in plant life. The Sun She brings out phial after phial of smells: sea salt, fig, green tea, tropical rain, cypress, orange blossom, tuberose, leather, vetivert, bergamot, tangerine, amber iris and many more. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 雨, 下雨 Japanese: 雨, 雨が降る |
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