plural rains
plural rains
Learner's definition of RAIN
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: water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky雨;雨水 [noncount]
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The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon.气象员预报今天下午有雨。
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We could hear the sound of (the) rain on the roof.我们可以听到雨落在屋顶上的声音。
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Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall.下雨时,所有人都进屋了。
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He was standing outside in the pouring rain. [=rain falling in large drops and with a lot of force]他站在外面淋着倾盆大雨。
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Take an umbrella with you. It looks like rain. [=the sky looks the way it does when there is going to be rain]带把伞吧,看样子要下雨了。
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spring/summer rains春/夏雨
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What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain.这座花园需要的是一场透彻的大雨。
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A light/heavy rain began to fall.开始下小/大雨了。
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There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains.最近的暴雨已经引发了洪水。
— see also acid rain 2
[noncount] : weather in which there is a lot of rain : rainy weather雨季 3
rains [plural] : large amounts of rain that fall at a particular time of year暴雨时节;雨水节气 4
[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
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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 2 rain /ˈreɪn/ verb
rains; rained; raining
rains; rained; raining
Learner's definition of RAIN
1
[no object] —
used with it to say that rain is falling下雨(与it连用) -
Take an umbrella with you. It's raining. [=rain is falling from the sky]带把伞吧,下雨了。
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The weatherman said it will rain later this afternoon.气象员预报今天下午晚些时候会下雨。
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It rained all day.下了一整天的雨。
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It's raining (pretty) hard/heavily. [=there is a lot of rain falling]雨下得正大。
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It's raining lightly. [=there is a small amount of rain falling]雨下得很小。
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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 3
[+ 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
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used to say that when something bad happens other bad things usually happen at the same time祸不单行