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rain /reɪn/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 雨，雨水；雨天；[rains] (持续的)降雨
a heavy (light, fine) rain 一场大(小，细)雨
a driving rain 一阵瓢泼大雨
The rain is pouring down. 大雨倾盆。
Do you get much rain? 你们那儿雨水多吗?
a week of rain 一星期的雨天
You can't go out in all this rain. 这么大的雨你可不能出去。
spring rains 绵绵春雨
little (big, torrential) rains (不断的)小(大，暴)雨
flick rain-beads off the overcoat 挥掉大衣上的雨珠
the rain-slicked runway 被雨水冲刷得滑溜的跑道
2. [the rains] (热带地区的)雨季，季节雨；(大西洋北纬4至10度间的)雨区
The 1987 rains began in the heat of April. 1987年的雨季在4月的炎热中开始。
He had thirty-five rains of age in Mauritania. 他在毛里塔尼亚度过了35个雨季的岁月。
3. (降雨般的)一阵，倾泻物
a rain of bullets 一阵弹雨
a rain of ashes 一阵降落的灰尘
a rain of protests (abuse) 劈头盖脸的一阵抗议(一顿咒骂)
an average pollen rain for a locality 某一地区平均花粉降落量
4. (因电影胶片划伤等在放映时形成的)雨状道子
II ❶ vi.
1. [常用作以 it 为主语的无人称动词]下雨；(云、天空)降雨
It rains. (或 It's raining.) 下雨了。
It rains in. 雨打进来了。(或：漏雨了。)
It rained hard (或 heavily). 雨势很猛。
The sky is raining. 天空正在降雨。
2. 如雨般降下，大量降下；倾泻
Tears rained down his cheeks. 泪如泉涌，顺他双颊涟涟而下。
Bullets rained about him. 子弹雨点似地落在他周围。
Bombs rained down on them. 炸弹如雨点般倾泻在他们头上。
Flowers rained from their hands. 鲜花从他们手中四处散撒。
About 35 million tourists rained into Spain. 约有3500万旅游者涌进西班牙。
Long may your talents rain! 愿你的天资才华绵绵无穷。
3. 〈美俚〉(黑人用语)诉苦，抱怨 (on)
❷ vt.
下(雨)；使如雨下，使大量降下；倾泻
It was raining a greasy drizzle. 天正下着黏糊糊的蒙蒙细雨。
The wound rained blood. 伤口血流如注。
rain blows (compliments) on sb. 接二连三地猛击(恭维)某人
rain down arrows 射出飞蝗般密集的箭
The sky bridge collapsed, raining concrete, glass, and steel onto the crowd below. 天桥倒坍，将混凝土、玻璃和钢材一古脑儿倾泻到下边的人群。
[< OE regn; 与 OFris rein, OHG regan, Goth rign 有关] phr. After rain comes fair weather (或 sunshine). 〈谚〉雨过天晴。 (或：否极泰来。) (as) right as rain 〈英口〉非常健康；毫无问题 His teeth went and his hair got thin, but six months back in the hometown he was as right as rain. 他齿落发稀，然而回到故乡半年又完全恢复了正常。(come) rain or shine 不论晴雨，不论情况如何 Sooner or later, rain or shine, he would do so. 或迟或早，不管情况如何，他总会这么干的。It never rains but it pours. 〈谚〉不雨则已，雨则倾盆。 (或：祸不单行。) look like rain 〈口〉像要下雨 Don't go out — it looks like rain. 别出去——看来要下雨了。not have enough sense (或 imagination, intelligence, wit) to come in from (或 out of) the rain 〈口〉见雨不进屋脑瓜不灵活；愚蠢；不识时务 rain off [常用被动语态]因雨阻止，因雨中断 (或延期、取消)The match was rained off on Saturday and arranged for tonight. 星期六的比赛因天雨延期，改在今晚举行。 rain on sb.'s parade 见 parade
rain out1. 使(雨)下完(或停止)
It will soon rain itself out. 雨就要停了。
2. 〈美〉= rain off
rain pitchforks (或 chicken coops, darning needles, hammer handles) 〈美俚〉下倾盆大雨，下瓢泼大雨
Small rain lays (或 will lay) great dust. 〈谚〉雨小浥大尘，材小资大用。 |