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🔑rainrain1 /reɪn / noun - [uncountable] the water that falls from the sky雨；雨水◆Seattle gets a lot of rain.西雅图多雨。◆Take your umbrella – it looks like rain.拿上雨伞吧，好像要下雨。◆Half an inch of rain fell on the city yesterday.该市昨天降雨量为半英寸。➨ TOPIC COLLOCATIONS 主题词搭配The Weather天气good weather好天气the sun shines / warms somethingthe clouds drift / part / cleara gentle / light / stiff / cool / warm / sea breeze blows (in)/comes inthe snow crunches beneath / under someone's feet / bootsbad weather坏天气be covered in / shrouded in mist / a blanket of fogsnow falls / comes down / covers somethingthe rain falls / comes down / pours down / lets up / stopsthe wind blows / whistles / sweeps across something / dies downforecast / expect / predict rain / snow / a hurricane / a stormstorms暴风雨thick / dark / storm clouds form / gather / roll in / cover the sky / block out the sunstrong winds blow / howl / whip through something / gust (up to 80 mph)a storm / blizzard approaches / moves inland / hits / strikes / buries something in snow / passesthunder rumbles / booms / echoes (nearby / in the distance)lightning flashes / hits / strikesa tornado hits / strikes / destroys something / tears something off
- [countable] an occasion when rain falls下雨◆Everything smells fresh after a good rain.一场大雨过后，一切闻起来都很清新。◆recent heavy rains最近的几场大雨
- the rains [plural](in tropical countries) the time of the year when there is a lot of rain（热带国家的）雨季◆When the rains come in July, the people move their houses to higher ground.七月雨季来临时，人们就把家搬到更高的地方。
🔑rainrain2 /reɪn / verb [intransitive] (used with it 与 it 连用) to fall as rain下雨◆Oh no! It's raining again!糟糕！又下雨了！◆Is it raining hard?雨下得大吗？◆We'll go out when it stops raining.雨停了我们就出去。  ●rain (sth) out (usually passive通常用被动语态) to stop something from happening because it is raining因雨取消（或停止）◆I'm sorry, but the picnic has been rained out.很遗憾，野餐因雨取消了。 |