Rain
[reɪn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; 'a rain of bullets'; 'a pelting of insults'.
(noun.) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
(noun.) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds.
(verb.) precipitate as rain; 'If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding'.
錄入:梅利特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n. & v.) Reign.
(n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
(n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
(n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
(v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
(v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
贝丝錄入
解釋/意思:
n. water from the clouds in drops: a shower: a fall of any substance through the atmosphere in the manner of rain.—v.i. to fall from the clouds: to drop like rain.—v.t. to pour like rain.—ns. Rain′band a dark band in the solar spectrum; Rain′-bird a bird like the Rain′-crow supposed to foretell rain by its cries and actions; Rain′bow the brilliant-coloured bow or arch seen when rain is falling opposite the sun called lunar rainbow when formed by the moon; Rain′bow-dart′er the soldier-fish.—adjs. Rain′bowed formed with or like a rainbow; Rain′bow-tint′ed having tints like those of a rainbow: iridescent.—ns. Rain′bow-trout a variety of the Californian salmon; Rain′-cham′ber an attachment to a furnace in which the fumes of any metal are condensed; Rain′-chart -map a chart giving information as to the distribution of rain in any part of the world; Rain′-cloud a cloud in meteorology called nimbus; Rain′drop a drop of rain; Rain′fall a fall of rain: the amount of water that falls in a given time in the form of rain; Rain′-gauge an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain that falls; Rain′iness the state of being rainy.—adj. Rain′less without rain.—ns. Rain′-mak′er -doc′tor a sorcerer as those of Africa professing to bring rain; Rain′-pour a heavy rainfall; Rain′-print one of the small pits seen on the surfaces of some argillaceous rocks and believed to be the impressions of raindrops.—adjs. Rain′-proof -tight impervious to rain.—ns. Rain′storm; Rain′-tree the genisaro of South America; Rain′-wa′ter water which falls in rain from the clouds.—adj. Rain′y abounding with rain: showery.—Rain cats and dogs (see Cat).—A rainy day (fig.) a time of need or hardship: future want or need; The former and the latter rain Palestine the rain in spring and in autumn: rain in its season.
黛朵錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To be out in a clear shower of rain, denotes that pleasure will be enjoyed with the zest of youth, and prosperity will come to you. If the rain descends from murky clouds, you will feel alarmed over the graveness of your undertakings. To see and hear rain approaching, and you escape being wet, you will succeed in your plans, and your designs will mature rapidly. To be sitting in the house and see through the window a downpour of rain, denotes that you will possess fortune, and passionate love will be requited. To hear the patter of rain on the roof, denotes a realization of domestic bliss and joy. Fortune will come in a small way. To dream that your house is leaking during a rain, if the water is clear, foretells that illicit pleasure will come to you rather unexpectedly; but if filthy or muddy, you may expect the reverse, and also exposure. To find yourself regretting some duty unperformed while listening to the rain, denotes that you will seek pleasure at the expense of another's sense of propriety and justice. To see it rain on others, foretells that you will exclude friends from your confidence. For a young woman to dream of getting her clothes wet and soiled while out in a rain, denotes that she will entertain some person indiscreetly, and will suffer the suspicions of friends for the unwise yielding to foolish enjoyments. To see it raining on farm stock, foretells disappointment in business, and unpleasantness in social circles. Stormy rains are always unfortunate.
校對:朱莉娅
例句/造句/用法:
- He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I've always been afraid of the rain. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The vault above became obscured, lightning flashed from the heavy masses, followed instantaneously by crashing thunder; then the big rain fell. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I stepped out into the rain and the carriage started. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- As she went, the wind rose sobbing; the rain poured wild and cold; the whole night seemed to feel her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The rain fell in torrents. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It had been raining in the mountains. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It had stopped raining but there was a mist. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I got up and stood at the door to see if it was raining in but it wasn't, so I left the door open. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It was still raining hard and I thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Now, my dear, I looked out of the window, and saw it wasn't raining a drop; but I understood her, and I let her have the carriage. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It was raining and he had no hat. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Let, thenthe rains fall, and the floods descend--only I must first get rid of this basket of fruit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The water was very high and the rains were incessant. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He could not go to Lynchburg as ordered, because the rains had been so very heavy and the streams were so very much swollen. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The more it rains and blows, the more certain we are to have him. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But you object, if water may be thus carried into the clouds, why have we not salt rains? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It rains fast, Hannah: will you have the goodness to look at the fire in the parlour? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It has only just rained into them. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It rained on all morning and turned the snow to slush and made the mountain-side dismal. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Her eyes not only rained but lightened. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Once I thought the hints and jests rained upon a young fair-haired foreigner of the party, whom they called Heinrich Mühler. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I enjoyed that day, though we travelled slowly, though it was cold, though it rained. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There were towering cliffs on our left, and the pretty Lago di Lecco on our right, and every now and then it rained on us. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It rained for three days. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
錄入:奥利维尔