rain

英 [reɪn] 美 [reɪn]

• n. 雨；雨水
• v. 下雨；(雨点般)落下

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][S]雨

   water falling in separate drops from the clouds

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. (雨)降下; (使)降落

   (of rain) fall; (cause to) fall like rain

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. （一场）雨，雨水
2. 雨季
3. 雨天
4. 阵雨，降雨，下雨，淫雨
5. 大西洋北纬4-10度的多雨地带
6. 降落物， 雨点般降落的东西
7. 电子流
8. 落下
9. 一阵
10. 季节性降雨
11. （R-）郑智薰（韩国艺人）

v. 动词

1. 下雨，降雨，下倾盆大雨，有雨
2. 大量地给，厚施
3. （雨一般地）落下，散下，（使）大量降落
4. 频频地送
5. 雨水般地淌下
6. 祸不单行
7. 煞风景，破坏原定的计划
8. 赛事
9. 倾注

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1. 郑智薰，来自韩国的音乐人

英英释义

Noun:

1. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

2. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

3. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;

   "a rain of bullets"
   "a pelting of insults"
   

Verb:

1. precipitate as rain;

   "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There will be rain in all parts of the country.
   全国各地将有雨。
2. The boys went for a walk despite of the rain.
   尽管下雨，孩子们还是去散步。
3. The rain beat against the windows.
   雨水拍打在窗户上。
4. Too much rain accounted for the poor crop.
   太多的雨水导致庄稼歉收。
5. There is plenty of rain this year.
   今年雨水充足。

用作动词 (v.)

1. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll have a picnic.
   如果明天不下雨，我们就去野餐。
2. It began to rain as soon as he left home.
   他刚刚离开家就下起雨来。
3. Tears rained down her cheeks.
   眼泪顺着她的面颊如雨点般落下。
4. The suitcase burst open and its contents rained on the floor.
   手提箱裂开了，里面的东西纷纷落在地板上。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Rain was beating on the windows.
   雨水正敲打着窗子。
2. They put the oil cloth on the roof to block out rain.
   他们把油布铺在房顶上,防止雨水渗漏。
3. The rain kept falling for a few days.
   雨不停地下了几天。
4. The rain greatly advanced the spring crops.
   那场雨使春季作物的成熟期大大提前。
5. When the rain stopped, the floods began to fall away.
   雨停的时候,洪水开始退去。
6. The sun broke through after days of rain.
   连日阴雨之后,太阳终于露出来了。
7. It feels like rain.
   像是要下雨了。
8. Following the heavy rain, the storage tanks were filling up again.
   那场暴雨过后,蓄水池又满了。
9. I had not bargained for the heavy rain, and got very wet without a coat.
   我没料到会下这样大的雨,没穿雨衣,浑身都湿透了。
10. The crops were beaten down by the heavy rain.
    庄稼被暴雨冲倒了。
11. The ground became softer after a heavy rain.
    大雨之后地面松软了。
12. Early in April, just before a rain begins, broadcast tomato seeds.
    四月初的头场雨前,要把西红柿种子播下。
13. Owing to a heavy rain, all our plans fell through.
    由于下了一阵大雨,我们的所有计划都泡汤了。
14. We decided to brave a rain of bullets.
    我们决定冒着枪林弹雨出去。
15. His face was bathed in a rain of tears.
    他泪流满面。
16. It is probable that rains will fall tomorrow.
    明天大概会下阵雨。
17. The rains that year were good, they were coming nicely just as the crops needed them.
    那一年的雨季真没说的,正当庄稼需要水的时候就下雨了。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

It+～(+A)

1. It's raining.
   天正在下着雨。
2. It will rain in the afternoon.
   午后将会下雨。
3. He went out though it was raining hard.
   尽管雨下得很大,他还是出去了。
4. It has rained over.
   雨停了。
5. It never rains but pours.
   不雨则已,雨则倾盆。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. It rained large drops.
   雨点很大。
2. We'll have to cancel the cricket match, it's raining cats and dogs.
   雨下得太大了,我们将只得取消板球比赛了。

经典引文

• Swoll'n with..late descending rains.

  出自： T. Gray

• One rains he died.

  出自： B. M. Croker

• The summer rains didn't come.

  出自： C. McCullough

• We must put the chairs on the verandah, otherwise they will be rained on.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• It never rains but it pours.

  出自：Proverb

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

rain or shine〔rain〕 or no rain

无论如何 anyway

用作动词 (v.)

rain down¹ (v.+adv.)

大量地流〔落〕下来 (of water, etc.) fall in large amounts
rain down
Long after the storm, water still rained down from the roofs where it had collected.

暴风雨过去很长一段时间后,积在房顶上的雨水仍一个劲儿地从房顶上流下来。 rain down sth
The old woman rained down curses on our heads.

那老婆子把我们骂得狗血喷头。

rain down² (v.+prep.)

顺…大量地流下来 (of water, etc.) fall in large amounts along sth
rain down sth
Tears rained down her cheeks.

她泪流满面。

rain off (v.+adv.)

〈主英〉因下雨而受阻〔取消〕 be prevented from taking place because of rain
rain sth ⇔ off
The meeting was rained off.

大会因雨而取消。
Two cricket matches were rained off this weekend, and would have to be played next week.

由于下雨,这周末的两场板球赛没能举行,只能在下周比赛了。

rain on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

(使)雨点般地落到…上 (cause to) descend quickly or in quantity on sb/sth
rain on〔upon〕 sb/sth
Shells rained on the enemy positions.

炮弹像雨点般地落在敌军阵地上。
I lay still as the blows continued to rain on my head.

拳头如雨点般落在我的头上,我躺在那儿一动也不动。
Misfortunes have rained heavily upon the old man.

那老人接连遭遇不幸。
Take care not to let these goods be rained on.

当心别让这些货物淋到雨。 rain sth on〔upon〕 sb/sth
The crowd rained kisses on the popular actor.

人们纷纷亲吻这位受欢迎的演员。
The smokestacks rained black soot on the city.

烟囱里冒出的黑色煤灰雨点般地从城市上空落下。
Angrily, he rained blows on the door, but no one came.

他气愤地用拳头拼命砸门,但是没有人来开门。
They rained bombs and rockets on the enemy gun emplacements.

他们以炸弹和火箭袭击了敌人的炮兵阵地。
Shells were rained on them, but no one thought of his own danger.

炮弹像雨点般地落下来,但没有一个人想到个人安危。

rain out (v.+adv.)

〈主美〉因下雨而受阻〔取消〕 be prevented from taking place because of rain
rain sth ⇔ out
The Saturday night rally in the stadium was rained out.

星期六晚上在体育场举行的集会因下雨而取消了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• brave the rain 冒雨
• expect rain 盼望雨水
• have rain 有雨水
• keep off rain 防雨
• make rain 人工降雨
• need rain 需要雨水
• produce rain 人工降雨
• shut out rain 遮雨
• threaten rain 预示着要下雨

形容词+～

• acid rain 酸雨
• constant rain 连绵不断的雨
• driving rain 暴风雨
• falling rain 飘降着的雨
• fine rain 细雨
• freezing rain 冻雨
• gentle rain 小雨
• hard rain 大雨
• heavy rain 大雨
• icy rain 冷雨
• light rain 小雨
• man-made rain 人工降雨
• new-fallen rain 刚下的雨
• steady rain 连绵的雨
• terrible rain 糟糕的雨
• the first rain 第一场雨
• thin rain 小雨
• welcome rain 及时雨,甘霖

名词+～

• spring rain 春雨
• summer rain 夏雨

～+名词

• rain band 雨带
• rain belt 雨区
• rain boots 雨鞋
• rain cap 雨帽
• rain cloud 雨云
• rain drop 雨点
• rain forest 热带雨林

介词+～

• in the rain 冒着雨,在雨中
• drops of rain 雨点
• rustling of rain 淅沥沥的雨水声
• on account of rain 由于下雨
• cancel the match on account of rain 因下雨取消比赛
• clothes wet with rain 被雨水淋湿的衣服
• without rain 没有雨水

～+介词

• rain of bullets 弹雨
• rain of tears 泪如雨下
• rain of telegrams 电报如雪花飘来

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• rain cats and dogs 大雨倾盆

～+副词

• rain hard 雨下得很大
• rain down 大量地流〔落〕下来
• rain off 因下雨而受阻
• rain out 因下雨而取消

～+介词

• rain from 从四处撒播
• rain in torrents 大雨如注
• rain on〔upon〕 (使)雨点般地落到…上
• rain benefits upon sb 给某人种种好处

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. rain的意思是“雨”,通常用作不可数名词, a rain指“一次雨、一阵雨、一场…样的雨”, rains指“几场雨,大阵雨”。
2. the rains指“雨季”, rains可受May,July等修饰。
3. “小雨”是light rain,“大雨”是heavy rain。

v. (动词)

1. rain用作动词时作“下雨”解,多用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,通常表示雨下得很大,可接drops等名词作宾语。
2. rain表示“下雨”时,主语一般用代词it。当主语不是it时,常表示“…雨点般地落下”。
3. “因雨取消会议、比赛”等常用被动结构,英式英语常用rain off,而美式英语则常用rain out。
4. rain用作动词时表示持续的动作,因此不能跟表示确切的时间点的状语连用。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

下面两句话的意思相同：

• Today's football match has been rained out.
• (AmE)
• Today's football match has been rained off.
• (BrE)
• 今天的足球赛因下雨而取消了。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 农民们在盼雨。

   误 The farmers want the rain.

   正 The farmers want rain.

2. 今年的雨水很多。

   误 We've had many rain this year.

   正 We've had much rain this year.

   析 rain作“雨水”解时是不可数名词,不能用many修饰,须用much,也不需要定冠词。

3. 他被雨淋了。

   误 He was caught in rain.

   正 He was caught in the rain.

   析 “在雨中”英语是in the rain,需要用定冠词the。

4. 昨天晚上有一场小雨。

   误 There was a small rain last night.

   正 There was a light rain last night.

   析 “一场小雨”,英文用a light rain,不用small。

5. 一场大雨冲走了许多肥沃的土壤。

   误 A big rain washed away much rich soil.

   正 A heavy rain washed away much rich soil.

   析 表示“大雨”通常应该说heavy rain,而不说big rain或great rain。

6. 不断的下雨使两岸都淹没了。

   误 Continuous rain overflowed the banks.

   正 Continuous rains overflowed the banks.

   析 rain作“几场雨”或“雨季”解时,习惯用复数。

7. 他们冒雨踢足球。

   误 They played football under the rain.

   正 They played football in the rain.

   析 “冒着雨”应该说 in the rain,而不能说 under the rain。

v. (动词)

1. 五点开始下雨。

   误 It rained at five o'clock.

   正 It began to rain at five o'clock.

   析 rain用作动词时表示持续的动作,不能跟表示确切的时间点的状语连用。

2. 如果明天不下雨,我们就去动物园。

   误 If it isn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the zoo.

   正 If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the zoo.

   析 “下雨”应该用动词rain。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的regn，意为雨。

近反义词

【近义词】

• drizzle
• fall
• hail
• steam
• drizzle
• drop
• fall
• spit