rain英 [reɪn]　美 [ren]　

第三人称单数：rains第三人称复数：rains现在分词：raining过去分词：rained过去式：rained

rain 基本解释

名词 雨; （热带地区的）雨季，雨天; 雨点般降落的东西; <俚>电子流

及物/不及物动词 （雨）降下，（使）降落; 大量地给，（使）大量落下

rain 中文词源

rain 雨，雨水

来自古英语 regn,雨，来自 Proto-Germanic*regna,雨，来自 PIE*reg,水气，湿的，词源同 irrigate. 拼写比较 main,might.

rain 相关词组

1. as right as rain : 非常健康；

2. rain or shine : 无论如何；

3. rain out : 因下雨取消；

rain 相关例句

及物动词

1. The bombs came raining down.
    炸弹雨点般落下。

2. It rained last night.
    昨晚下雨了。

1. The game was rained out.
    比赛因雨暂停举行。

名词

1. Do you get much rain?

    你们那儿雨水多吗？

rain 情景对话

谈论天气

A：It looks like it’’s going to be sunny.
      今天看来像是个晴天。

B：Yes, it’’s much better than yesterday.
      是的，比昨天好多了。

A：They say we’’re going to get some rain later.
      据说待会儿要下雨。

B：Oh, let’’s just hope it stays warm.
      哦，我只希望一直暖和下去。

电影演员

A：Who’s your favorite actor?

      你最喜欢哪位演员？

B：Tom Cruise, of course!
      当然是汤姆克鲁兹了。

A：You’ve got to be kidding me! He’s horrible!
      不是开玩笑吧，他很讨厌。

B：He may be a strange person in real life, but he’s a talented actor.
      也许在现实生活中，他是个怪人，但他是个天才演员。

A：He used to be. He was good in Rain Man, Jerry McGuire, and Cocktail. But the films he’s done recently aren’t worth seeing.
      他过去是这样。他在《雨人》《征服情海》《花心情圣》中都有上佳表演。但他最近的片子却不值得一看。

B：Do you mean that you didn’t like Mission Impossible III?
      你的意思是你不喜欢看《碟中谍3》吗？

A：That’s exactly what I mean. I actually left the theater halfway through the film!
      就是这个意思，这场电影我只看了一半就离开了电影院。

B：Who’s your favorite actor?
      你最喜欢哪位演员？

A：I like John Cusack.
      我喜欢约翰库萨克。

B：What’s your favorite John Cusack’s film?
      你最喜欢他演的哪部电影？

A：I like one of his older ones, Say Anything. Have you seen it?
      我喜欢他演的一部老电影《情到深处》。你看过吗？

B：Sure, that’s a good film.
      当然，这是部不错的电影。

A：Some people say that he always plays the same role. Do you think that makes him a bad actor?
      一些人说他总是演相同的角色，你觉得这有损他的名声吗？

B：Not necessarily. Maybe he just knows what he does well and sticks withthat.
      那倒不会，也许是因为他知道自己擅长演哪类角色才专注于此。

A：Regardless, I think he’s great.
      不管怎样，我都觉得他是个好演员。

rain 双语例句

• 1. The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.

• 最近的一场雨把瀑布搅成了泥水漩涡。

• 2. She was born in the middle of a rain storm.

• 她出生在一场暴风雨中。

• 3. He stared at the rain spattering on the glass.

• 他凝视着雨点溅落在玻璃上。

• 4. His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.

• 他的头发淋雨后紧贴在头皮上。

• 5. Acid rain is not straightforwardly attributable to the burning of coal.

• 酸雨并非简单地由烧煤造成。

rain 词典解释

1. 雨；雨水
    Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops.

    e.g. I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain...
           我希望你站在外面没有被雨淋透。
    e.g. A spot of rain fell on her hand.
           一滴雨落在她的手上。

2. 雨季
    In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains .

    e.g. ...the spring, when the rains came...
           春天，雨季来临时
    e.g. The rains have failed again in the Horn of Africa.
           雨季又没有光顾非洲之角。

3. 下雨；降雨
    When rain falls, you can say that it is raining .

    e.g. It rained the whole weekend...
           整个周末都在下雨。
    e.g. It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella.
           雨下得很大，但她没有雨伞。

4. （使）如雨点般落下；（使）大量降下
    If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place.

    e.g. The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park...
           警察不分闹事者与观众统统一顿猛击，把人们清除出了足球场。
    e.g. Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings.
           火箭炮、迫击炮和各种炮弹如雨点般落在大楼上。

5. （从空中落下的）一阵，一连串
    A rain of things is a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time.

    e.g. A rain of stones descended on the police.
           一阵乱石砸向警察。

6. 祸不单行
    You can use the expression it never rains but it pours to mean that several unfortunate events often happen at the same time.

7. 完全康复；完全恢复
    If you say that someone is as right as rain, you mean that they are completely well or healthy again, for example when they have recovered from an illness or a shock.

    e.g. You'll be as right as rain as soon as you are back in your own home with your baby.
           你一回家同孩子在一起就会完全没事了。

8. 不管晴天或下雨;风雨无阻
    If you say that someone does something rain or shine, you mean that they do it regularly, without being affected by the weather or other circumstances.

    e.g. Frances took her daughter walking every day, rain or shine.
           弗朗西丝无论晴天还是下雨，每天都带女儿去散步。

相关词组：rain off rain out

rain 英英释义

noun

1. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

    e.g. a rain of bullets
           a pelting of insults

    Synonym: pelting

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

    Synonym: rainfall

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

    Synonym: rainwater

verb

1. precipitate as rain

    e.g. If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding

    Synonym: rain down