? in the rain / the drizzle / the monsoon / a downpour
? (a) heavy rain / shower / rainfall / downpour
? (a) light rain / shower / rainfall / drizzle
? (a) torrential rain / rainfall / downpour
? a sudden shower / downpour
? (a) steady rain / drizzle / downpour
? (a) fine / thin / patchy rain / drizzle
? to be / get caught in the rain / a shower / a downpour
? rain / drizzle falls
rain 雨；雨水
Rain is forecast for the weekend. 预报周末有雨。
I think I felt a drop of rain. 我好像感觉到掉雨点儿了。
A light rain began to fall. 开始下小雨。
复数形式的the rains指热带地区的雨季:
The rains come in September. 雨季 9 月份开始。
shower 阵雨； 阵雪
We got caught in a heavy shower. 我们遇上了一阵大雨。
rainfall 降雨量
There has been below average rainfall this month. 这个月的降雨低于平均降雨量。
We have an average annual rainfall of around 750 mm. 我们这里的年平均降雨量约为750毫米。
drizzle 毛毛细雨
The forecast for tomorrow is mist and drizzle. 说明天有薄雾和小雨。
A light drizzle was falling as they left the cottage. 他们离开村舍时，下着毛毛细雨。
monsoon （南亚地区的）雨季，雨季的降雨；季风，季节风（盛行于南亚地区，夏季刮西南风，带来降雨，冬季刮东北风）
By the end of September it seemed that the monsoon season was drawing to a close. 到了9月底，雨季好像接近尾声了。
The monsoon blew into our faces. 季风无情地吹打着我们的脸。
monsoon常用the monsoon形式，或像形容词般置于另一名词前:
monsoon rains/winds/weather 季风雨；季风；季风天气
downpour 倾盆大雨；暴雨；大骤雨
The suddenness of the downpour had caught the three of them by surprise. 突如其来的倾盆大雨让他们三人措手不及。
storm 暴风雨
Rail services were suspended as fierce storms lashed the country. 由于狂风暴雨的袭击，这个国家的铁路运输暂停了。
A few minutes later the storm broke (=began). 不一会儿暴风雨降临了。
I think we’re in for a storm (= I think there will be one). 我觉得我们就要遭遇一场暴风雨了。
thunderstorm 雷雨；雷暴；雷雨交加
The church was struck by lightning during a violent thunderstorm. 那座教堂在一次猛烈的雷雨中被闪电击中。
rain · fall · pour · come down · drizzle
这些词均表示下雨。
下图显示这些词所表达雨势强弱的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
句型和搭配
? to pour / come down
? it’s raining / pouring / drizzling
? the rain falls / pours / comes down
? to rain / fall heavily / lightly / steadily
rain 下雨
It had been raining all night. 雨下了一整夜。
It hardly rained at all last summer. 去年夏天几乎没怎么下雨。
fall （雨或雪）降落，落下
The snow was falling steadily. 雪一直下着。
70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours. 仅几个小时降雨量便达到了70毫米。
pour （雨）倾盆而下；下大雨
The rain continued to pour down. 大雨哗哗地下个不停。
It’s pouring outside. 外面下着瓢泼大雨。
在美式英语中，可以说“It’s pouring rain.”，但更常说“It’s pouring.”。
come down (雨或雪）落下，降落
The rain came down in torrents. 大雨滂沱。
辨析：RAIN, FALL OR COME DOWN?
● rain是最常用的动词，主语用it。
● fall和come down的主语是rain或snow等。
● 给出精确的降雨量时用fall：
? 70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours. 仅几个小时降雨量便达到了70毫米。
? 70 millimetres of rain came down in just a few hours.
? It rained 70 millimetres of rain in just a few hours.
● come down常用于描述雨水如何降落：
The rain was coming down in a solid curtain. 雨如水帘般倾泻而下。
drizzle 下毛毛雨；下蒙蒙细雨
通常用于进行时，用it作主语：
It was drizzling outside. 外面下着毛毛细雨。
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