rain verb ⇨rain (Is it raining?)⇨scatter (a volcano rains hot ash)rain
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rain ♦︎ fall ♦︎ pour ♦︎ come down ♦︎ drizzleThese words are all used when water drops down from the sky.这些词均表示下雨。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达雨势强弱的程度
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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?下雨了吗?◆It had been raining all night.雨下了一整夜。◆It hardly rained at all last summer.去年夏天几乎没怎么下雨。◆It started to rain.开始下雨了。■fall(fell, fallen) [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常与副词或介词连用) (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.仅几个小时降雨量便达到了70毫米。■pour [intransitive](of rain) to fall heavily(雨)倾盆而下;下大雨◆The rain continued to pour down.大雨哗哗地下个不停。◆It's pouring outside.外面下着瓢泼大雨。◆ (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.在美式英语中,可以说It's pouring rain,但更常说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是最常用的动词,主语用it。fall和come down的主语是rain或snow等。给出精确的降雨量时用fall◆70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours.仅几个小时降雨量便达到了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常用于描述雨水如何降落◆The rain was coming down in a solid curtain.雨如水帘般倾泻而下。■drizzle [intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses, with it as the subject通常用于进行时,用it作主语) to rain lightly下毛毛雨;下蒙蒙细雨◆It was drizzling outside.外面下着毛毛细雨。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.这些词均表示雨、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.预报周末有雨。◆Don't go out in the rain.下雨呢,别出去了。◆The rain poured down.雨瓢泼而下。◆It looks like rain(= as if it is going to rain).好像要下雨。◆I think I felt a drop of rain.我好像感觉到掉雨点儿了。◆A light rain began to fall.开始下小雨。◆ (BrE) It's pouring with rain.大雨倾盆。ⓘ The rains [plural] are the season of heavy continuous rain in tropical countries.复数形式的the rains指热带地区的雨季◆The rains come in September.雨季9月份开始。 see also rainy ⇨ wet2■shower [countable] a short period of rain or snow阵雨;阵雪◆We got caught in a heavy shower.我们遇上了一阵大雨。■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.这个月的降雨低于平均降雨量。◆We have an average annual rainfall of around 750 mm.我们这里的年平均降雨量约为750毫米。■drizzle [uncountable, singular] light, fine rain毛毛细雨◆The forecast for tomorrow is mist and drizzle.天气预报说明天有薄雾和小雨。◆A light drizzle was falling as they left the cottage.他们离开村舍时,下着毛毛细雨。■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(南亚地区的)雨季,雨季的降雨;季风,季节风(盛行于南亚地区,夏季刮西南风,带来降雨,冬季刮东北风)◆By the end of September it seemed that the monsoon season was drawing to a close.到9月底,雨季好像接近尾声了。◆The monsoon blew relentlessly into our faces.季风无情地吹打着我们的脸。ⓘ Monsoon is usually used in the form the monsoon, or like an adjective before another noun. * monsoon常用the monsoon形式,或像形容词般置于另一名词前◆monsoon rains / winds / weather季风雨;季风;季风天气■downpourˈdaʊnpɔː(r) [countable, usually singular] a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly倾盆大雨;暴雨;大骤雨◆The suddenness of the downpour had caught the three of them by surprise.突如其来的倾盆大雨让他们三人措手不及。
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