rain verb ⇨rain (Is it raining?)⇨scatter (a volcano rains hot ash)rain
verb
rain ♦︎ fall ♦︎ pour ♦︎ come down ♦︎ drizzleThese words are all used when water drops down from the sky.這些詞均表示下雨。SYNONYM SCALE 詞義標尺下圖顯示這些詞所表達雨勢強弱的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to pour / come down◆it's raining / pouring / drizzling◆the rain falls / pours / comes down◆to rain / fall heavily / lightly / steadily■rain [intransitive] when it rains, water drops down from the sky in drops下雨◆Is it raining?下雨了嗎?◆It had been raining all night.雨下了一整夜。◆It hardly rained at all last summer.去年夏天幾乎沒怎麽下雨。◆It started to rain.開始下雨了。■fall(fell, fallen) [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常與副詞或介詞連用) (of rain or snow) to drop down from the sky(雨或雪)降落,落下◆The snow was falling steadily.雪一直下着。◆70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours.僅幾個小時降雨量便達到了70毫米。■pour [intransitive](of rain) to fall heavily(雨)傾盆而下;下大雨◆The rain continued to pour down.大雨嘩嘩地下個不停。◆It's pouring outside.外面下着瓢潑大雨。◆ (BrE) It's pouring with rain.大雨滂沱。ⓘ In American English you can say It's pouring rain, but it is more usual just to say It's pouring.在美式英語中,可以說It's pouring rain,但更常說It's pouring。■ˌcome ˈdown
phrasal verb
(came, come)(of rain or snow) to fall(雨或雪)落下,降落◆The rain came down in torrents.大雨滂沱。NOTE辨析 Rain, fall or come down?Rain is the most frequent verb and is used with the subject it. Fall and come down are used with a subject such as rain or snow. Fall is used when giving precise measurements of rainfall. * rain是最常用的動詞,主語用it。fall和come down的主語是rain或snow等。給出精確的降雨量時用fall◆70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours.僅幾個小時降雨量便達到了70毫米。◆70 millimetres of rain came down in just a few hours.◆It rained 70 millimetres of rain in just a few hours.Come down is often used with a description of how the rain falls. * come down常用於描述雨水如何降落◆The rain was coming down in a solid curtain.雨如水簾般傾瀉而下。■drizzle [intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses, with it as the subject通常用於進行時,用it作主語) to rain lightly下毛毛雨;下蒙蒙細雨◆It was drizzling outside.外面下着毛毛細雨。rain
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rain ♦︎ shower ♦︎ rainfall ♦︎ drizzle ♦︎ monsoon ♦︎ downpourThese are all words for the water which falls or has fallen from the sky.這些詞均表示雨、雨水。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in the rain / the drizzle / the monsoon / a downpour◆(a) heavy rain / shower / rainfall / downpour◆(a) light rain / shower / rainfall / drizzle◆(a) torrential rain / rainfall / downpour◆a sudden shower / downpour◆(a) steady rain / drizzle / downpour◆(a) fine / thin / patchy rain / drizzle◆to be / get caught in the rain / a shower / a downpour◆rain / drizzle falls■rain [uncountable, singular] water that falls from the clouds in separate drops雨;雨水◆Rain is forecast for the weekend.預報周末有雨。◆Don't go out in the rain.下雨呢,别出去了。◆The rain poured down.雨瓢潑而下。◆It looks like rain(= as if it is going to rain).好像要下雨。◆I think I felt a drop of rain.我好像感覺到掉雨點兒了。◆A light rain began to fall.開始下小雨。◆ (BrE) It's pouring with rain.大雨傾盆。ⓘ The rains [plural] are the season of heavy continuous rain in tropical countries.複數形式的the rains指熱帶地區的雨季◆The rains come in September.雨季9月份開始。 see also rainy ⇨ wet2■shower [countable] a short period of rain or snow陣雨;陣雪◆We got caught in a heavy shower.我們遇上了一陣大雨。■rainfall ˈreɪnfɔːl [uncountable, singular] the total amount of rain that falls in a particular area in a particular amount of time降雨量◆There has been below average rainfall this month.這個月的降雨低於平均降雨量。◆We have an average annual rainfall of around 750 mm.我們這裏的年平均降雨量約爲750毫米。■drizzle [uncountable, singular] light, fine rain毛毛細雨◆The forecast for tomorrow is mist and drizzle.天氣預報說明天有薄霧和小雨。◆A light drizzle was falling as they left the cottage.他們離開村舍時,下着毛毛細雨。■monsoon ˌmɒnˈsuːn; NAmEˌmɑːnˈsuːn [countable, usually singular] a period of heavy rain in summer in S Asia; the rain that falls in this period; a wind in S Asia that blows from the south-west in summer, bringing rain, and the north-east in winter(南亞地區的)雨季,雨季的降雨;季風,季節風(盛行於南亞地區,夏季刮西南風,帶來降雨,冬季刮東北風)◆By the end of September it seemed that the monsoon season was drawing to a close.到9月底,雨季好像接近尾聲了。◆The monsoon blew relentlessly into our faces.季風無情地吹打着我們的臉。ⓘ Monsoon is usually used in the form the monsoon, or like an adjective before another noun. * monsoon常用the monsoon形式,或像形容詞般置於另一名詞前◆monsoon rains / winds / weather季風雨;季風;季風天氣■downpourˈdaʊnpɔː(r) [countable, usually singular] a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly傾盆大雨;暴雨;大驟雨◆The suddenness of the downpour had caught the three of them by surprise.突如其來的傾盆大雨讓他們三人措手不及。
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