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单词 downpour
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Tricky conditions also added an element of difficulty with heavy downpours throughout the race.When it rains the downpour is of biblical proportions.Shower heads the size of frying pans give a downpour of tropical intensity.The pair got stuck into saucy antics after sheltering in the kiosk from a sudden downpour.Forecasters have promised more torrential downpours today and tomorrow.It will feel decidedly chilly with strong winds and downpours.The young died because they did not have enough feathers to protect them from the heavy downpours.This will pack hefty downpours of rain and winds over the weekend.But at the opening ceremony they were caught out by a sudden downpour.Anywhere could see torrential downpours and very heavy rain in a very short period.Further downpours and high winds are due today and tomorrow. Heavy downpours caused gridlock yesterday in the roads leading to the site.The adorable youngsters look fur from unimpressed as she shakes off rain following a downpour.Thousands were forced to flee as a second day of torrential downpours saw more rivers bursting their banks.The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable.The days of being soaked as you struggle to get the roof up in a sudden downpour are all but gone.More heavy downpours are expected tomorrow.Well, try playing football in a tropical downpour.It was raining heavily but downpours are a routine feature of life in Cumbria.Tuesday was like the Amazon rainforest after a heavy downpour.If you get a heavy downpour of rain that almost instantly turns to ice it is very difficult for grit to be effective.BRITAIN will be battered by downpours and strong winds this weekend.That means you don't get soaked in a sudden British downpour.The lowering clouds, the sudden downpours, the richly evocative hiss of tarpaulin across closely trimmed lawn?

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downpour

British English: downpour /ˈdaʊnˌpɔː/ NOUN
A downpour is a heavy fall of rain.
...a sudden downpour of rain.
  • American English: downpour
  • Arabic: هُطُول
  • Brazilian Portuguese: temporal
  • Chinese: 倾盆大雨
  • Croatian: pljusak
  • Czech: liják
  • Danish: regnskyl
  • Dutch: stortbui
  • European Spanish: aguacero
  • Finnish: kaatosade
  • French: averse
  • German: Regenguss
  • Greek: νεροποντή
  • Italian: acquazzone
  • Japanese: 土砂降り
  • Korean: 폭우
  • Norwegian: styrtregn
  • Polish: ulewa
  • European Portuguese: temporal
  • Romanian: ploaie torențială
  • Russian: ливень
  • Latin American Spanish: aguacero
  • Swedish: ösregn
  • Thai: ฝนตกหนักมาก
  • Turkish: sağanak
  • Ukrainian: злива
  • Vietnamese: trận mưa to

Chinese translation of 'downpour'

downpour

(ˈdaunpɔːʳ)

n (c)

  1. 倾(傾)盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ)
    ⇒ a sudden downpour 一场突如其来的倾盆大雨 (yī cháng tū rú qí lái de qīngpéndàyǔ)
(noun) 
Definition
a heavy continuous fall of rain
a sudden downpour of rain
Synonyms
rainstorm
flood
This is the sort of flood dreaded by cavers.
deluge
A dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
torrential rain
cloudburst
inundation
They moved furniture from houses threatened with imminent inundation.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of deluge
Definition
torrential rain
A dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
Synonyms
flood,
spate,
overflowing,
torrent,
downpour,
cataclysm,
inundation
in the sense of flood
Definition
to supply excess petrol to (a petrol engine) so that it cannot work properly
This is the sort of flood dreaded by cavers.
Synonyms
deluge,
downpour,
flash flood,
inundation,
tide,
overflow,
torrent,
spate,
freshet
in the sense of inundation
They moved furniture from houses threatened with imminent inundation.
Synonyms
flood,
overflow,
torrent,
deluge,
tidal wave

Nearby words of
downpour

  • downgrade
  • downhearted
  • downplay
  • downpour
  • downright
  • downside
  • downtrodden

Synonyms of 'downpour'

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