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BNC: 1491 COCA: 1550

rain

1 rain /ˈreɪn/ noun
plural rains
1 rain
/ˈreɪn/
noun
plural rains
Learner's definition of RAIN
: water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky雨;雨水
[noncount]
[count]
see also acid rain
[noncount] : weather in which there is a lot of rain : rainy weather雨季
rains [plural] : large amounts of rain that fall at a particular time of year暴雨时节;雨水节气
[singular] : a large amount of something falling from above雨点般落下的东西

(as) right as rain

see 1right

rain or shine

or come rain, come shine or come rain or come shine
used to say that something will happen even if it rains不论晴雨;无论如何
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻

— rainless

adjective
2 rain /ˈreɪn/ verb
rains; rained; raining
2 rain
/ˈreɪn/
verb
rains; rained; raining
Learner's definition of RAIN
[no object]used with it to say that rain is falling下雨(与it连用)
always followed by an adverb or preposition, [no object] : to fall from above in large amounts大量降落;雨点般落下
[+ object] : to cause (something) to fall in large amounts使大量落下

be rained out

(US) or British be rained off
: to be canceled because of rain因雨取消

rain cats and dogs

informal
: to rain very hard下着倾盆大雨

rain on someone's parade

US, informal
: to spoil someone's pleasure扫兴;泼冷水

when it rains, it pours

(US) informal or chiefly British it never rains but it pours
used to say that when something bad happens other bad things usually happen at the same time祸不单行
BNC: 1491 COCA: 1550

rain

1 of 2

noun

often attributive
1
a
: water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere
b
: the descent of this water
c
: water that has fallen as rain : rainwater
2
a
: a fall of rain : rainstorm
b
rains plural : the rainy season
3
: rainy weather
4
: a heavy fall
a rain of arrows

rain

2 of 2

verb

rained; raining; rains

intransitive verb

1
: to send down rain
2
: to fall as water in drops from the clouds
3
: to fall like rain
soot and ash rained down

transitive verb

1
: to pour down
2
: to give or administer abundantly
rained blows on his head
Phrases
rain cats and dogs
: to rain heavily

Example Sentences

Noun The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon. Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall. What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain. A light rain began to fall. There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains. We've had a week of rain. The rains came and flooded the valley. Verb Sparks from the fireworks rained on the field. The volcano rained ashes on the city. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
After battering parts of Mexico with punishing rainfall and high winds, Hurricane Kay is forecast to bring heavy rain and wind gusts to Southern California by Friday, according to the weather service. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 Police said heavy rain and strong winds could have contributed to the crash. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The heat and drought relief offered by such rain would be beneficial in this exceptionally dry region. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Many cantilever umbrellas feature a polyester canopy, which can make for strong protection against rain and light wind and is soft to the touch. Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022 Wind and rain will also determine how much electricity European nations can produce from cheap renewable sources. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 By early next week, remnants of Danielle could impact the United Kingdom, bringing rain and wind to the region. Jennifer Gray, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 The chance of several inches of rain and scattered storms will put a damper on Labor Day plans stretching from the Gulf Coast states up to the Northeast. Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022 The start of the game was delayed 1 hour and 28 minutes by rain. Steve Overbey, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022
Verb
Don’t rain on Lea Michele’s parade on this of all weeks. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022 Tickets could rain down like confetti at a Warriors championship parade. Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2022 Several thousand meteors rain down on Earth every day, but most of them are the size of pebbles and occur over the ocean, uninhabited regions, or during the day. Paul Best, Fox News, 26 July 2022 Not even the cloudy weather and sporadic showers were going to rain on the spectators' parades. Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 12 May 2022 Some, however, decided to rain on that parade by taking aim at a very specific target: Pride flags. Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 However, the judgment of your peers could begin to rain on your parade. Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022 Ukrainian and Western officials have accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia facility as a shelter for its artillery and rocket systems that rain fire on Ukrainian positions on the other side of the Dnipro River. Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 The forecast for Thursday is contingent on the front pushing far enough south for humidity to fall and rain chances to diminish. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English reyn, from Old English regn, rēn; akin to Old High German regan rain

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rain was before the 12th century
BNC: 1491 COCA: 1550
rain

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF RAIN | VERB + RAIN | RAIN + VERB | RAIN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEdriving, hard, lashing, pelting, pounding (especially NAmE) 暴雨;驟雨;傾盆大雨;瓢潑大雨drenching, heavy, pouring, torrential傾盆大雨;大雨;滂沱大雨steady連綿的雨drizzling, fine, gentle, light, soft毛毛雨;細雨;絲絲小雨;濛濛細雨The fine rain turned to mist in the early evening.傍晚,細雨變成了薄霧。The forecast is for wind and light rain.預報有風和小雨。warm暖雨cold, freezing, icy冷雨;凍雨constant, continuous, incessant, persistent綿綿不斷的雨;淫雨;持續的降雨intermittent, patchy (BrE) 時斷時續的雨;零星小雨overnight夜雨Overnight rain had freshened up the grass.夜雨使草地變得清新。monsoon, tropical雨季/熱帶降雨The monsoon rains started early this year.今年雨季降雨開始得早。spring, summer, etc.春雨、夏雨等acid酸雨... OF RAINdrop一滴雨inch, shower, spot (especially BrE, informal) 一英寸雨;一陣雨;一點兒雨We had three inches of rain last night.昨晚下了 3 英寸的雨。A few spots of rain had fallen.下了幾滴雨。We could do with a spot of rain. (BrE) 我們真希望能下點兒雨。VERB + RAINforecast預報有雨Rain is forecast for tomorrow.預報明天有雨。look like, threaten看上去要下雨;將要下雨It looks like rain (= it looks as though it is going to rain).看上去要下雨。Black clouds threatened rain.天上烏雲密佈,要下雨了。pour (down), pour (down) with (BrE) 下傾盆大雨It poured with rain all afternoon.傾盆大雨下了整整一下午。get caught in淋雨We got caught in the rain on the way home.我們在回家的路上淋雨了。RAIN + VERBcome down, fall, pour down, trickle雨落下;大雨傾盆而下; 雨水淌下beat, drum, lash, pelt, pound (especially NAmE) 雨拍打;雨嗒嗒作響;雨猛烈抽打;雨重重地拍打Rain beat against the roof all night.雨整夜敲打着屋頂。The rain pounded down on her.雨滴拍打在她身上。drip, patter, splash雨滴落;雨啪嗒地下;雨水飛濺She listened to the rain pattering against the window.她聽着雨水劈里啪啦地敲打着窗戶。drench sb/sth, soak sb/sth雨水使⋯濕透Heavy rain drenched us.大雨將我們淋成了落湯雞。come, set in, start開始下雨The rain came just as we set off.我們剛出發就開始下雨了。The rain had set in steadily by the time we got home.我們到家的時候雨已經不停歇地下起來了。cease, let up, stop雨停The rain didn't let up all day.雨一天都沒停。continue雨繼續下The rain continued for most of the day.雨幾乎下了一天。threaten雨將來臨With rain threatening, we headed home as fast as we could.看着要下雨,我們儘快往家趕去。drive sb雨趕走某人The rain drove the players off the court.由於下雨,運動員們離開了場地。RAIN + NOUNcloud雨雲drop (usually raindrop) , water (usually rainwater) 雨滴;雨水shower, storm (usually rainstorm) 陣雨;暴雨barrel, gutter (both NAmE) 接雨水的桶;雨水排水溝gear (especially NAmE) 雨具None of us had proper rain gear.我們沒有人帶着合適的雨具。gauge雨量計PREPOSITIONin the rain在雨中We found her sitting in the pouring rain.我們發現她坐在瓢潑大雨中。out of the rain躲開雨Come in out of the rain.進來,別讓雨淋着。through the rain在雨中We drove slowly through the driving rain.我們在暴雨中緩緩行駛。PHRASEScome rain or shine, rain or shine (figurative) 不論晴雨;無論如何We work outside every day, rain or shine.我們每天在外面幹活,風雨無阻。
rain

verb

ADVERB | VERB + RAIN | PHRASES ADVERBhard, heavily下暴雨;下大雨a little, lightly, slightly下一點兒雨;下小雨non-stop, solidly, steadily不停地/連續地/連綿不斷地下雨It had rained solidly for four days.雨已經連續下了 4 天。It's been raining steadily all day.雨已經不停地下了一整天。VERB + RAINbegin to, start to開始降雨be going to將要下雨I don't think it's going to rain.我認為不會下雨。PHRASESstart raining, stop raining開始/停止降雨

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