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单词 it never rains but it pours
释义

pour /pōr or pör/

transitive verb
  1. To cause or allow to flow in a stream
  2. To send forth or emit in a stream
  3. To serve (tea, wine, etc) by pouring
  4. To recount (one's story) or rehearse (one's woes) volubly (with forth, out)
  5. To send downstream (Spenser)
  6. To spread out (obsolete)
  7. To drain (eg cooked potatoes; Scot)
intransitive verb
  1. To stream
  2. To rain heavily
  3. To emanate or proceed in profusion
  4. To pour out tea, coffee, etc
  5. (of a container, eg a teapot) to allow liquid contents to run out duly
noun
  1. A pouring
  2. An amount poured at a time
ORIGIN: ME pouren; origin obscure

pourˈable adjective

That can be poured

pourˈer noun

pourie /poorˈi/ noun (Scot)

  1. A container with a spout
  2. A cream jug
  3. An oilcan

pourˈing noun and adjective

pourˈ-out or poorˈ-oot noun (Scot)

The scattering of coins to children as the bride and bridegroom depart after a wedding

it never rains but it pours

When things, esp troublesome things, start happening, they happen all at once

pouring wet

Raining hard

pour oil on troubled waters see under water

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