rain

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1358 ★★★★☆

n. 雨, 下雨, 雨天 vi. 下雨 vt. 使大量落下

发音

CA /ˈɹeɪ̯n/
US /ˈɹeɪ̯n/
UK
UK /ˈɹeɪ̯n/
AU /ˈɹæɪ̯n/
NZ /ˈɹæɪ̯n/
SCOT /ˈɾen/
其它 /ˈɾei̯n/

词形变化

rains 复数 rains rains 三单 raining 现在分词 rained 过去式 rained 过去分词 rainest rainedst 过去式 raineth 三单 rained 复数

别名

raign raine reyn rayne raygne

教材释义与例句

名词

雨；下雨；雨天；雨季

water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Condensed water falling from a cloud.

    雨

    不可数 气象

    We've been having a lot of rain lately.

    The rains came late that year.

    This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.

  2. 2.

    Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

    比喻 不可数
  3. 3.

    An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

    比喻 不可数

    A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To have rain fall from the sky.

    下雨

    降雨

    落雨

    气象

    Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

  2. 2.

    To fall as or like rain.

    比喻 不及物

    Tears rained from her eyes.

    Leaves rained from the tree.

    Bombs rained from the sky.

  3. 3.

    To issue (something) in large quantities.

    比喻 及物

    The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

  4. 1.

    Obsolete form of reign.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

rainfall rainwater pelting

上位词 6

sequence succession downfall freshwater precipitation successiveness

下位词 10

shower monsoon drizzle torrent deluge rainstorm downpour cloudburst mizzle pelter

部分词 1

raindrop
动词

同义词 1

rain down

上位词 3

fall precipitate come down

下位词 10

shower spit pour stream sprinkle spatter pelt drizzle patter pitter-patter

相关短语

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match. Cognates Cognate with Yola rhyne, ryne (“rain”), North Frisian Riin, rin (“rain”), Saterland Frisian Rien (“rain”), West Frisian rein (“rain”), Dutch regen (“rain”), Limburgish raenger, Rään (“rain”), German Low German Regen, Ręgen, Rägen (“rain”), Luxembourgish Reen (“rain”), German Regen (“rain”), Mòcheno reng (“rain”), Vilamovian raan (“rain”), Alemannic German regu, räge, rägä (“rain”), Bavarian Regn, rein (“rain”), Cimbrian regan, réego, reng (“rain”), Yiddish רעגן (regn, “rain”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish regn (“rain”), Crimean Gothic reghen (“rain”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”).

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