rain

n

• ① 1[指种类或继续而附有形容词时为[C]]雨;下雨2雨天
  • The crops need rain.农作物需要雨。
  • We had a heavy [light] rain this afternoon.今天下午下了大[小]雨。
  • A fine rain began to fall.细雨开始下。
  • (a) pouring rain倾盆大雨
  • a long spell of rain久雨
  • We had lots of rain this summer.今年夏天多雨。
  • We had little rain this year.今年雨量很少。(如以上两例表雨量时,附有形容词而无冠词)。
  • We had [There were] heavy rains during the summer.夏天下了几场大雨(★一场雨视为一个单位)。
  • The rain came down in torrents.大雨倾盆而下。
  • She was caught in the rain.她淋到雨了。
  • The rain has stopped.雨停了。
  • He went out in the rain.他冒雨出去。
  • Come in out of the rain.进来避雨吧。
  • It looks like rain.好像要下雨了。

• ② 1[用复数形](多雨期等的)久雨,梅雨2[the rains](热带地区的)雨季
  • The rains come in May.雨季于五月来临。

• ③[用单数形]如雨般连续而来的东西
  • a rain of stones [arrows, questions]如阵雨般的石头[箭、问题]