intransitive. Of a liquid: to become viscid, form ropes; to be drawn out into a filament. Formerly also: †to fall in ropelike torrents. Now rare.
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释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily (18) ropec1450 intransitive. Of a liquid: to become viscid, form ropes; to be drawn out into a filament. Formerly also: †to fall in ropelike torrents. Now rare. to ding down1554 intransitive. To fall heavily or violently. Chiefly (now only) Scottish: (of rain, snow, hail, etc.) to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or… to come down1597 intransitive. Of rain, snow, etc.: to fall; (of fog, mist, darkness, etc.) to descend, settle. to ding onc1650 intransitive. Scottish. Of rain, snow, hail, etc.: to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or beat down. Cf. to ding down 2 at phrasal verbs 1. to rain cats and dogs1661 to rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily. Also attributive, raining heavily. Similarly to blow (also pour) cats and dogs. sile1703 dialect. Of rain: To pour (down). pour1737 intransitive. To gush out, flow steadily or copiously in a stream; (of rain) to fall heavily; (of light) to shine brightly. Frequently with… teem1753 intransitive. Originally Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern). Of rain: to pour, fall heavily. Also: (of water or other liquid)… pepper1767 intransitive. colloquial. To discharge a volley of bullets, shots, etc. (at a person or thing); (of rain) †to fall heavily (obsolete). Frequently… flood1813 intransitive. Of rain: To fall in ‘torrents’, rare. to rain pitchforks1815 Chiefly U.S. to rain pitchforks and variants: to rain very hard. rash1824 intransitive. Scottish. Of rain: to pour down in torrents; to lash down. spate1853 transitive to flood, swell; intransitive to rain heavily. bucket1926 intransitive. Of rain, etc.: to pour down heavily. tipplea1930 intransitive. To rain heavily; to gush, to pour. Frequently const. down. piss1948 intransitive. spec. To rain heavily; to pour (also to piss with rain). Frequently with down. Usually with non-referential it as subject. Subcategories:— and suddenly (1) — and stop (1) |
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