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rainreInn, v(to fall as) drops of water from clouds雨，下雨Rain is forecast for tomorrow. [U]天气预报明天有雨。Come inside out of the rain. [U]到里面来躲躲雨。We had heavy/light rain all day. [U]天下了一整天大/小雨。The barbecue was ruined by a downpour of (= a lot of) rain. [U]户外烧烤被一场大雨给冲了。We got caught in pouring/torrential (= a lot of) rain without either raincoats or umbrellas. [U]我们遇上了一场倾盆大雨，我们既没带雨衣也没带雨伞。There will be showers of rain/rain showers (= short periods of rain) in the east. [U]东部将有阵雨。Rain fell (heavily) all night. [U](大)雨下了一夜。It looks like rain (= as if rain is going to fall). [U]看上去要下雨。I think it's starting to rain. [I]我想天开始下雨了。It's raining hard (= a large amount of rain is falling). [I]天下着大雨。The tennis match was rained (Br) off/(Am) out (= was stopped because of rain). [T]网球比赛因下雨而中止了。(Br) The organizers rained the match off (= stopped it because of rain). [M]组织者因下雨而中断了比赛。Rain can also mean fall in a large amount.大量掉落Debris from the explosion rained down the slope. [I]爆炸残片如雨般掉落斜坡。Streamers and balloons rained down on the party guests. [I]饰带和气球纷纷飘落到聚会客人头上。Bombs/Shells rained down on the city.炸弹/炮弹雨点般落在这座城市里。(fig.) The children rained (down) questions on their teacher (= asked a lot of them). [T/M]孩子们向老师提了许多问题。(fig.) Her attacker rained blows (down) on her (= hit her repeatedly). [T/M]袭击她的人反复用拳打她。Come rain or shine means whatever happens.无论发生何事，不管怎样Come rain or shine, I'll see you on Thursday.不管怎样，我会在星期四见你。(Am and Aus infml) To take a rain check (on something) is to do something later.以后再说，以后再做I won't have that coffee just now, but can I take a rain check on it?现在我不想喝咖啡，可以过会儿再喝吗？A rain forest is a forest in a tropical area which receives a lot of rain.(热带)雨林Cutting down tropical rain forests is altering the earth's climate.砍伐热带雨林正在改变地球气候。Large areas of rain forest are being destroyed.大片雨林正遭到破坏。A rain gauge is a device for measuring how much rain falls.雨量计，雨量器Rain water is water that has fallen as rain, rather than water which has come from a TAP.雨水I collect rain water to water my plants.我积储雨水来浇灌庄稼。(saying) 'It never rains but it pours' means that when something bad happens it is always something very bad.不雨则已，雨则倾盆; 祸不单行'The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain'(song from the musical My Fair Lady, 1956)“西班牙的雨主要下在平原区”(音乐剧《窈窕淑女》歌名)
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