rain

英[reɪn]美[reɪn]

n.雨，（热带地区的）雨季，雨天，雨点般降落的东西，<俚>电子流；

vt.& vi.（雨）降下，（使）降落，大量地给，（使）大量落下；

复数：rains;

第三人称单数：rains;

过去式：rained;

过去分词：rained;

现在分词：raining;

例句

It looks like rain; Let's start for home.天像是要下雨了, 咱们回家吧!

They went on with their basketball match in spite of the rain.他们冒雨继续进行篮球比赛。

An umbrella will protect you from the rain.雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

The trees sucked up the rain.树吸收了雨水。

The ground dried up quickly after the rain.雨后地很快就干了。

I hadn't bargained for such heavy rain and had left my umbrella at home.我未曾料到会下这么大的雨, 所以把伞放在家里了。

The rain was spattering down on the roof of the house.雨滴落在房顶上。

Following the heavy rain, the storage tanks were filling up again.那场暴雨过后, 储水池又满了。

The rain kept up all night.雨彻夜未停。

I would have been here sooner, but the rain kept me back.我被雨所阻, 否则早已经到了。

英语六级真题

Usually when we walk through the rain forest we hear a soft sound from all the moist leaves and organic debris on the forest floor," says ecologist Daniel Nepstad.

Predictions of the collapse of the tropical rain forests have been around for years

Left alone, it was assumed, the world's rain forests would not only flourish but might even rescue us from disaster by absorbing the excess carbon dioxide and other planet-warming greenhouse gases.

Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities

If the collapse of the rain forests speeds up dramatically,it could eventually release 3.5-5 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year - making forests the leading source of greenhouse gases.

Some experts say that the rain forest is already at the

Extreme weather and reckless development arc plotting against the rain forest in ways that scientists have never seen.

The picture worsens with each round of El Nino, the unusually warm currents in the Pacific Ocean that drive up temperatures and invariably presage (预示) droughts and fires in the rain forest

More than paradise lost, a perishing rain forest could trigger a domino effect - sending winds and rains kilometers off course and loading the skies with even greater levels of greenhouse gases - that will be felt far beyond the Amazon basin.

organic debris echoes the sounds in a rain forest

In the second paragraph, the author challenges the view that the collapse of rain forests is caused by direct human interference.

the collapse of rain forests is caused by direct human interference

the condition of rain forests has been rapidly deteriorating

rain forests should not be converted into pastures or farms

The author argues that the rising carbon levels in rain forests may turn them into a major source of g

But towards late afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.

Ever since humanity began to farm our own food, we've faced the unpredictable rain that is both friend and enemy.

Food security and fortunes depend on sufficient rain, and nowhere more so than in Africa, where 96% of farmland depends on rain instead of the irrigation common in more developed places.

The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as rain clouds move.

They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of rain systems.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

雨；雨水

Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops.

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N-PLURAL

雨季

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

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VERB

下雨；降雨

When rain falls, you can say that it is raining .

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V-ERG

（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.

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N-SING

（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.

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PHRASE

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.

PHRASE

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.

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PHRASE

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.

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英汉词典释义

n.

雨

（热带地区的）雨季

雨点般降落的东西

vt. & vi.

(雨)降下; (使)降落

英英词典释义

Noun

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

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

3. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;

Verb

1. precipitate as rain;

行业词典

大气科学： 雨；液态降水。；