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rainproof

/reyn-proof/US // ˈreɪnˌpruf //UK // (ˈreɪnˌpruːf) //

防雨,防雨的,防雨型,防雨性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain: a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make rainproof.

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Examples

  • Just behind the barn he built me a lean-to shed, 253 about seventy-five feet long, open toward the east, and shingled rainproof.

  • We were hurried away to remove our wet rainproof coats and to dry our hats and faces in the brilliant sunshine.

  • Silk and woolen materials for umbrella making, raincoats, etc., are expected to be rainproof.

  • Cravenette—Cloths treated and finished before weaving by an improved process which renders them rainproof.

  • No one would cavil at that term as applied to Whitman—yet one must not forget the “rainproof coat.”