downpour

英 [ˈdaʊnpɔː(r)]

美 [ˈdaʊnpɔːr]

n.  倾盆大雨; 暴雨; 骤雨

复数：downpours　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18961 / COCA.15981

牛津词典

noun

• 倾盆大雨；暴雨；骤雨
  a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 倾盆大雨;暴雨;骤雨
  Adownpouris a sudden and unexpected heavy fall of rain.
  1. ...a sudden downpour of rain.
     突降的暴雨

英英释义

noun

• a heavy rain
  Synonym:cloudburstdelugewaterspouttorrentpeltersoaker

双语例句

• Oh, my! What a downpour!; My God! It's raining like hell!
  哎呀，好大的雨呀！
• A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.
  一阵大雨把孩子们的营火都浇灭了。
• They were caught in a torrential downpour and got soaked to the skin.
  他们突然遇上了倾盆大雨，全身都湿透了。
• I was caught in a downpour. It was pouring with rain this morning.
  我赶上了倾盆大雨。今天早上下着倾盆大雨。
• Right. It's wonderful after the downpour last night. I was caught in a heavy rain last Sunday.
  对呀，昨夜一场大雨之后天气好极了。上星期天我被一场大雨淋了。
• She was drenched by the sudden downpour.
  她被那场突然下的倾盆大雨淋得湿透。
• The rescue work had been going very well until a sudden downpour loused the whole thing up.
  营救工作本来一直进行得很顺利，后来突然下了一场倾盆大雨，把整个事情弄得一团糟。
• On seeing the downpour, she belted her raincoat.
  一看到倾盆大雨，她就用皮带束好雨衣。
• A heavy downpour interrupted the football match.
  一场骤雨中断了这场足球赛。
• It cleared up soon after the rain. Right. It's wonderful after the downpour last night.
  雨后天气迅速放晴。对呀，昨夜一场大雨之后天气好极了。