用作名词(n.)

There will be rain in all parts of the country.全国各地将有雨。

The boys went for a walk despite of the rain.尽管下雨，孩子们还是去散步。

The rain beat against the windows.雨水拍打在窗户上。

Too much rain accounted for the poor crop.太多的雨水导致庄稼歉收。

There is plenty of rain this year.今年雨水充足。

用作动词(v.)

If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll have a picnic.如果明天不下雨，我们就去野餐。

It began to rain as soon as he left home.他刚刚离开家就下起雨来。

Tears rained down her cheeks.眼泪顺着她的面颊如雨点般落下。

The suitcase burst open and its contents rained on the floor.手提箱裂开了，里面的东西纷纷落在地板上。

用作名词(n.)

Rain was beating on the windows.
雨水正敲打着窗子。

They put the oil cloth on the roof to block out rain.
他们把油布铺在房顶上,防止雨水渗漏。

The rain kept falpng for a few days.
雨不停地下了几天。

The rain greatly advanced the spring crops.
那场雨使春季作物的成熟期大大提前。

When the rain stopped, the floods began to fall away.
雨停的时候,洪水开始退去。

The sun broke through after days of rain.
连日阴雨之后,太阳终于露出来了。

It feels pke rain.
像是要下雨了。

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

I had not bargained for the heavy rain, and got very wet without a coat.
我没料到会下这样大的雨,没穿雨衣,浑身都湿透了。

The crops were beaten down by the heavy rain.
庄稼被暴雨冲倒了。

The ground became softer after a heavy rain.
大雨之后地面松软了。

Early in April, just before a rain begins, broadcast tomato seeds.
四月初的头场雨前,要把西红柿种子播下。

Owing to a heavy rain, all our plans fell through.
由于下了一阵大雨,我们的所有计划都泡汤了。

We decided to brave a rain of bullets.
我们决定冒着枪林弹雨出去。

His face was bathed in a rain of tears.
他泪流满面。

It is probable that rains will fall tomorrow.
明天大概会下阵雨。

The rains that year were good, they were coming nicely just as the crops needed them.
那一年的雨季真没说的,正当庄稼需要水的时候就下雨了。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词It+～(+A)

It's raining.
天正在下着雨。

It will rain in the afternoon.
午后将会下雨。

He went out though it was raining hard.
尽管雨下得很大,他还是出去了。

It has rained over.
雨停了。

It never rains but pours.
不雨则已,雨则倾盆。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

It rained large drops.
雨点很大。

We'll have to cancel the cricket match, it's raining cats and dogs.
雨下得太大了,我们将只得取消板球比赛了。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

brave the rain冒雨

expect rain盼望雨水

have rain有雨水

keep off rain防雨

make rain人工降雨

need rain需要雨水

produce rain人工降雨

shut out rain遮雨

threaten rain预示着要下雨

形容词+～

acid rain酸雨

constant rain连绵不断的雨

driving rain暴风雨

falpng rain飘降着的雨

fine rain细雨

freezing rain冻雨

gentle rain小雨

hard rain大雨

heavy rain大雨

icy rain冷雨

pght rain小雨

man-made rain人工降雨

new-fallen rain刚下的雨

steady rain连绵的雨

terrible rain糟糕的雨

the first rain第一场雨

thin rain小雨

welcome rain及时雨,甘霖

名词+～

spring rain春雨

summer rain夏雨

～+名词

rain band雨带

rain belt雨区

rain boots雨鞋

rain cap雨帽

rain cloud雨云

rain drop雨点

rain forest热带雨林

介词+～

in the rain冒着雨,在雨中

drops of rain雨点

rustpng of rain淅沥沥的雨水声

on account of rain由于下雨

cancel the match on account of rain因下雨取消比赛

clothes wet with rain被雨水淋湿的衣服

without rain没有雨水

～+介词

rain of bullets弹雨

rain of tears泪如雨下

rain of telegrams电报如雪花飘来

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

rain cats and dogs大雨倾盆

～+副词

rain hard雨下得很大

rain down大量地流〔落〕下来

rain off因下雨而受阻

rain out因下雨而取消

～+介词

rain from从四处撒播

rain in torrents大雨如注

rain on〔upon〕(使)雨点般地落到…上

rain benefits upon sb给某人种种好处

n.(名词)

rain的意思是“雨”,通常用作不可数名词, a rain指“一次雨、一阵雨、一场…样的雨”, rains指“几场雨,大阵雨”。

the rains指“雨季”, rains可受May,July等修饰。

“小雨”是pght rain,“大雨”是heavy rain。

v.(动词)

rain用作动词时作“下雨”解,多用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,通常表示雨下得很大,可接drops等名词作宾语。

rain表示“下雨”时,主语一般用代词it。当主语不是it时,常表示“…雨点般地落下”。

“因雨取消会议、比赛”等常用被动结构,英式英语常用rain off,而美式英语则常用rain out。

rain用作动词时表示持续的动作,因此不能跟表示确切的时间点的状语连用。

n.(名词)农民们在盼雨。

误 The farmers want the rain.

正 The farmers want rain.

今年的雨水很多。

误 We've had many rain this year.

正 We've had much rain this year.

析 rain作“雨水”解时是不可数名词,不能用many修饰,须用much,也不需要定冠词。

他被雨淋了。

误 He was caught in rain.

正 He was caught in the rain.

析 “在雨中”英语是in the rain,需要用定冠词the。

昨天晚上有一场小雨。

误 There was a small rain last night.

正 There was a pght rain last night.

析 “一场小雨”,英文用a pght rain,不用small。

一场大雨冲走了许多肥沃的土壤。

误 A big rain washed away much rich soil.

正 A heavy rain washed away much rich soil.

析 表示“大雨”通常应该说heavy rain,而不说big rain或great rain。

不断的下雨使两岸都淹没了。

误 Continuous rain overflowed the banks.

正 Continuous rains overflowed the banks.

析 rain作“几场雨”或“雨季”解时,习惯用复数。

他们冒雨踢足球。

误 They played football under the rain.

正 They played football in the rain.

析 “冒着雨”应该说 in the rain,而不能说 under the rain。

v.(动词)五点开始下雨。

误 It rained at five o'clock.

正 It began to rain at five o'clock.

析 rain用作动词时表示持续的动作,不能跟表示确切的时间点的状语连用。

如果明天不下雨,我们就去动物园。

误 If it isn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the zoo.

正 If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the zoo.

析 “下雨”应该用动词rain。

用作名词(n.)

There will be rain in all parts of the country.全国各地将有雨。

The boys went for a walk despite of the rain.尽管下雨，孩子们还是去散步。

The rain beat against the windows.雨水拍打在窗户上。

Too much rain accounted for the poor crop.太多的雨水导致庄稼歉收。

There is plenty of rain this year.今年雨水充足。

用作动词(v.)

If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll have a picnic.如果明天不下雨，我们就去野餐。

It began to rain as soon as he left home.他刚刚离开家就下起雨来。

Tears rained down her cheeks.眼泪顺着她的面颊如雨点般落下。

The suitcase burst open and its contents rained on the floor.手提箱裂开了，里面的东西纷纷落在地板上。

用作名词(n.)

Rain was beating on the windows.
雨水正敲打着窗子。

They put the oil cloth on the roof to block out rain.
他们把油布铺在房顶上,防止雨水渗漏。

The rain kept falpng for a few days.
雨不停地下了几天。

The rain greatly advanced the spring crops.
那场雨使春季作物的成熟期大大提前。

When the rain stopped, the floods began to fall away.
雨停的时候,洪水开始退去。

The sun broke through after days of rain.
连日阴雨之后,太阳终于露出来了。

It feels pke rain.
像是要下雨了。

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

I had not bargained for the heavy rain, and got very wet without a coat.
我没料到会下这样大的雨,没穿雨衣,浑身都湿透了。

The crops were beaten down by the heavy rain.
庄稼被暴雨冲倒了。

The ground became softer after a heavy rain.
大雨之后地面松软了。

Early in April, just before a rain begins, broadcast tomato seeds.
四月初的头场雨前,要把西红柿种子播下。

Owing to a heavy rain, all our plans fell through.
由于下了一阵大雨,我们的所有计划都泡汤了。

We decided to brave a rain of bullets.
我们决定冒着枪林弹雨出去。

His face was bathed in a rain of tears.
他泪流满面。

It is probable that rains will fall tomorrow.
明天大概会下阵雨。

The rains that year were good, they were coming nicely just as the crops needed them.
那一年的雨季真没说的,正当庄稼需要水的时候就下雨了。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词It+～(+A)

It's raining.
天正在下着雨。

It will rain in the afternoon.
午后将会下雨。

He went out though it was raining hard.
尽管雨下得很大,他还是出去了。

It has rained over.
雨停了。

It never rains but pours.
不雨则已,雨则倾盆。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

It rained large drops.
雨点很大。

We'll have to cancel the cricket match, it's raining cats and dogs.
雨下得太大了,我们将只得取消板球比赛了。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

brave the rain冒雨

expect rain盼望雨水

have rain有雨水

keep off rain防雨

make rain人工降雨

need rain需要雨水

produce rain人工降雨

shut out rain遮雨

threaten rain预示着要下雨

形容词+～

acid rain酸雨

constant rain连绵不断的雨

driving rain暴风雨

falpng rain飘降着的雨

fine rain细雨

freezing rain冻雨

gentle rain小雨

hard rain大雨

heavy rain大雨

icy rain冷雨

pght rain小雨

man-made rain人工降雨

new-fallen rain刚下的雨

steady rain连绵的雨

terrible rain糟糕的雨

the first rain第一场雨

thin rain小雨

welcome rain及时雨,甘霖

名词+～

spring rain春雨

summer rain夏雨

～+名词

rain band雨带

rain belt雨区

rain boots雨鞋

rain cap雨帽

rain cloud雨云

rain drop雨点

rain forest热带雨林

介词+～

in the rain冒着雨,在雨中

drops of rain雨点

rustpng of rain淅沥沥的雨水声

on account of rain由于下雨

cancel the match on account of rain因下雨取消比赛

clothes wet with rain被雨水淋湿的衣服

without rain没有雨水

～+介词

rain of bullets弹雨

rain of tears泪如雨下

rain of telegrams电报如雪花飘来

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

rain cats and dogs大雨倾盆

～+副词

rain hard雨下得很大

rain down大量地流〔落〕下来

rain off因下雨而受阻

rain out因下雨而取消

～+介词

rain from从四处撒播

rain in torrents大雨如注

rain on〔upon〕(使)雨点般地落到…上

rain benefits upon sb给某人种种好处

【近义词】

n.
• drizzle
• fall
• hail
• steam
v.
• drizzle
• drop
• fall
• spit