英汉词典

rain 基本解释

• n. 雨；下雨；雨天；雨季
• vi. 下雨；降雨
• vt. 大量地给；使大量落下
• n. (Rain)人名；(法)兰；(英)雷恩；(罗、捷)赖恩

rain 词态变化

rain 中文词源

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 英文词源

rain

rain: [OE] Rain is an exclusively Germanic word, not shared by any other language group in the Indo-European family. Its prehistoric ancestor *reg- has evolved into German and Dutch regen, Swedish and Danish regn, and English rain. There may be some connection with Old Norse rakr ‘wet’.

rain (n.)

Old English regn "rain," from Proto-Germanic *regna- (cognates: Old Saxon regan, Old Frisian rein, Middle Dutch reghen, Dutch regen, German regen, Old Norse regn, Gothic rign "rain"), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, unless it is from a presumed PIE *reg- "moist, wet," which may be the source of Latin rigare "to wet, moisten" (see irrigate). Rain dance is from 1867; rain date in listings for outdoor events is from 1948. To know enough to come in out of the rain (usually with a negative) is from 1590s. Rainshower is Old English renscur.

rain (v.)

Old English regnian, usually contracted to rinan; see rain (n.), and compare Old Norse rigna, Swedish regna, Danish regne, Old High German reganon, German regnen, Gothic rignjan. Related: Rained; raining. Transferred and figurative use of other things that fall as rain (blessings, tears, etc.) is recorded from c. 1200.

To rain on (someone's) parade is attested from 1941. Phrase to rain cats and dogs is attested from 1738 (variation rain dogs and polecats is from 1650s), of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. One of the less likely suggestions is pets sliding off sod roofs when the sod got too wet during a rainstorm. (Ever see a dog react to a rainstorm by climbing up on an exposed roof?) Probably rather an extension of cats and dogs as proverbial for "strife, enmity" (1570s).

rain 词组搭配

rain 英文释义

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;

"a rain of bullets"

"a pelting of insults"

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。

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

她出生在一场暴风雨中。

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

他凝视着雨点溅落在玻璃上。

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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。

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

酸雨并非简单地由烧煤造成。

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rain 实用场景例句

There will be rain in all parts tomorrow.

明天，各地区都会有雨。

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Rain is forecast for the weekend.

预报周末有雨。

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Don't go out in the rain.

下雨呢，别出去了。

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It's pouring with rain (= raining very hard) .

大雨倾盆。

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heavy/torrential/driving rain

大雨；倾盆大雨

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The rain poured down.

雨瓢泼而下。

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It looks like rain (= as if it is going to rain) .

好像要下雨。

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A light rain began to fall.

小雨开始飘落。

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I think I felt a drop of rain.

我好像感觉到掉雨点儿了。

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The rains come in September.

雨季九月份开始。

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a rain of arrows/stones

箭密如雨；铺天盖地而来的石头

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He goes jogging every morning, rain or shine.

他每天早晨出去跑步，风雨无阻。

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Is it raining?

下雨了吗？

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It had been raining hard all night.

大雨下了一整夜。

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It hardly rained at all last summer.

去年夏天几乎没怎么下雨。

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It started to rain.

开始下雨了。

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Bombs rained (down) on the city's streets.

炸弹雨点儿似的落在这座城市的街道上。

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Falling debris rained on us from above.

碎片从上面像雨点儿一样落在我们身上。

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He covered his face as the blows rained down on him (= he was hit repeatedly) .

他在遭到雨点般的击打时护住了自己的脸。

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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。

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A spot of rain fell on her hand.

一滴雨落在她的手上。

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...the spring, when the rains came...

春天，雨季来临时

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The rains have failed again in the Horn of Africa.

雨季又没有光顾非洲之角。

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It rained the whole weekend...

整个周末都在下雨。

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It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella.

雨下得很大，但她没有雨伞。

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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。

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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。

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A rain of stones descended on the police.

一阵乱石砸向警察。

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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。

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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。

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