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rainlessness

/reyn/US // reɪn //UK // (reɪn) //

无雨,没有雨,没雨,无雨的情况

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 0.02 inch in diameter.Compare drizzle.
    • : a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower: We had a light rain this afternoon.
    • : rains, the rainy season; seasonal rainfall, as in India.
    • : weather marked by steady or frequent rainfall: We had rain most of last summer.
    • : a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything: a rain of blows; a rain of vituperation.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to fall: It rained all night.
    • : to fall like rain: Tears rained from their eyes.
    • : to send down rain: The lightning flashed and the sky rained on us in torrents.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to send down in great quantities, as small pieces or objects: People on rooftops rained confetti on the parade.
    • : to offer, bestow, or give in great quantity: to rain favors upon a person.
    • : to deal, hurl, fire, etc., repeatedly: to rain blows on someone's head.
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    • : rain out, to cause, by raining, the cancellation or postponement of a sports event, performance, or the like: The double-header was rained out yesterday.

Phrases

  • rain cats and dogs
  • rain check
  • rain on one's parade
  • rain or shine
  • rain out
  • rainy day, a
  • come in out of the rain
  • it never rains but it pours
  • right as rain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Understandably, residents may be hoping for rain to douse—or at least slow down—the inferno.

  • Heaviest rain totals & greatest flooding potential will be Tuesday and Wednesday.

  • Norie QuintosThe dry season in central Guyana and on its savanna is October to March, with temperatures around 80 degrees, though the region does experience some rain in December.

  • He points to weeks of torrential rains and catastrophic flooding in China.

  • For forecasting further into the future, what the rain or winds were like many days ago becomes less and less relevant.

  • “Firestorms Will Rain on the Headquarters of War,” the title threatened.

  • Basosila Botala is wearing a blue rain jacket despite the sweltering heat.

  • Small rooms off its graffiti-covered foyer provide shelter from the thick rain that can unexpectedly, and vengefully, hit.

  • Alice wore a black nylon rain jacket that looked as if it was ill prepared to deal with the coming chill.

  • We thought they would come last night, but we think there was too much rain.

  • She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.

  • The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

  • Aristide again sought the message of the stars; but the sky was clouded over, and soon a fine rain began to fall.

  • I say, my good friend, I have come all the way back to ask you how you were able to say that it would certainly rain to-day?

  • Now this morning I saw it put down for to-day Very pleasant, and I knew for sartin it would rain before night.