rain 音标拼音: [r'en]
n . 雨,雨水,下雨,雨天
vi . 下雨
vt . 使大量落下,大量地给
雨,雨水,下雨,雨天下雨使大量落下,大量地给
rain n 1 :
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [
synonym : {
rain }, {
rainfall }]
2 :
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [
synonym : {
rain }, {
rainwater }]
3 :
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive ; "
a rain of bullets "; "
a pelting of insults " [
synonym : {
rain }, {
pelting }]
v 1 :
precipitate as rain ; "
If it rains much more ,
we can expect some flooding " [
synonym : {
rain }, {
rain down }]
Rain \
Rain \ (
r [=
a ]
n ),
n . &
v .
Reign . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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Rain \
Rain \ (
r [=
a ]
n ),
n . [
OE .
rein ,
AS .
regen ;
akin to OFries .
rein ,
D . &
G .
regen ,
OS . &
OHG .
regan ,
Icel .,
Dan ., &
Sw .
regn ,
Goth .
rign ,
and prob .
to L .
rigare to water ,
to wet ;
cf .
Gr .
bre `
chein to wet ,
to rain .]
Water falling in drops from the clouds ;
the descent of water from the clouds in drops .
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Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air ,
till ,
encountering the cold ,
it be condensed into clouds ,
and descends in drops . --
Ray .
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Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain . --
Milton .
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Note :
Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops ,
which are distinctly visible .
When water falls in very small drops or particles ,
it is called mist ;
and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable ,
but to float or be suspended in the air .
See {
Fog },
and {
Mist }.
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{
Rain band } (
Meteorol .),
a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line ,
caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere ,
and hence sometimes used in weather predictions .
{
Rain bird } (
Zool .),
the yaffle ,
or green woodpecker . [
Prov .
Eng .]
The name is also applied to various other birds ,
as to {
Saurothera vetula }
of the West Indies .
{
Rain fowl } (
Zool .),
the channel -
bill cuckoo ({
Scythrops Novae -
Hollandiae })
of Australia .
{
Rain gauge },
an instrument of various forms for measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time ;
a pluviometer ;
an ombrometer .
{
Rain goose } (
Zool .),
the red -
throated diver ,
or loon . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Rain prints } (
Geol .),
markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks ,
presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand ,
and believed to have been so produced .
{
Rain quail }. (
Zool .)
See {
Quail },
n .,
1 .
{
Rain water },
water that has fallen from the clouds in rain .
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Rain \
Rain \ (
r [=
a ]
n ),
v .
t .
1 .
To pour or shower down from above ,
like rain from the clouds .
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Then said the Lord unto Moses ,
Behold ,
I will rain bread from heaven for you . --
Ex .
xvi .
4 .
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2 .
To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner ;
as ,
to rain favors upon a person .
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Rain \
Rain \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Rained } (
r [=
a ]
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Raining }.] [
AS .
regnian ,
akin to G .
regnen ,
Goth .
rignjan .
See {
Rain },
n .]
1 .
To fall in drops from the clouds ,
as water ; --
used mostly with it for a nominative ;
as ,
it rains .
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The rain it raineth every day . --
Shak .
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2 .
To fall or drop like water from the clouds ;
as ,
tears rained from their eyes .
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176 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rain ":
Jupiter Pluvius ,
Thor ,
Zeus ,
abound ,
accord ,
administer ,
afford ,
agua ,
allot ,
allow ,
aqua ,
award ,
bestow ,
bestow on ,
black spot ,
bloom ,
blooping ,
bristle with ,
cascade ,
cataract ,
cloudburst ,
collapse ,
come down ,
communicate ,
confer ,
crash ,
crawl with ,
creep with ,
deal ,
deal out ,
definition ,
deluge ,
descend ,
dip ,
dip down ,
dish out ,
dispense ,
dole ,
dole out ,
donate ,
down ,
downpour ,
drinking water ,
drizzle ,
drop ,
drop down ,
drop off ,
drown ,
drum ,
duck ,
dunk ,
eau ,
extend ,
exuberate ,
fall ,
fall down ,
fall off ,
flare ,
float ,
flood ,
flow ,
flow on ,
fork out ,
fringe area ,
ghost ,
gift ,
gift with ,
give ,
give freely ,
give out ,
go down ,
go downhill ,
grant ,
granulation ,
gravitate ,
grid ,
ground water ,
gush ,
hand out ,
hard shadow ,
hard water ,
head ,
heap ,
heavy water ,
help to ,
hydrol ,
hydrometeor ,
hydrosphere ,
image ,
impart ,
inundate ,
issue ,
lavish ,
let have ,
limewater ,
lose altitude ,
mete ,
mete out ,
mineral water ,
mizzle ,
multiple image ,
noise ,
offer ,
outpouring ,
overflow ,
parachute ,
patter ,
pelt ,
picture ,
picture noise ,
picture shifts ,
pitch ,
pitter -
patter ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
pounce ,
pour ,
pour down ,
pour on ,
pour with rain ,
precipitate ,
precipitation ,
present ,
proffer ,
proliferate ,
rain tadpoles ,
rainfall ,
rainstorm ,
rainwater ,
render ,
rolling ,
run ,
run over ,
salt water ,
scanning pattern ,
scintillation ,
sea water ,
serve ,
shading ,
shell out ,
shower ,
shower down ,
slip ,
sluice ,
snow ,
snowstorm ,
soft water ,
spatter ,
spit ,
spring water ,
sprinkle ,
squall ,
steam ,
stoop ,
stream ,
submerge ,
swamp ,
swarm with ,
swoop ,
tattoo ,
teem ,
teem with ,
tender ,
torrent ,
trend downward ,
trickle ,
volley ,
vouchsafe ,
water ,
water vapor ,
weep ,
well water ,
wetting agent ,
wetting -
out agent ,
whelm ,
yield Rain There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons , (
1 .)
Yoreh (
Hos .
6 :
3 ),
or moreh (
Joel 2 :
23 ),
denoting the former or the early rain . (
2 .)
Melqosh ,
the "
latter rain " (
Prov .
16 :
15 ). (
3 .)
Geshem ,
the winter rain , "
the rains ."
The heavy winter rain is mentioned in Gen .
7 :
12 ;
Ezra 10 :
9 ;
Cant .
2 :
11 .
The "
early "
or "
former "
rains commence in autumn in the latter part of October or beginning of November (
Deut .
11 :
14 ;
Joel 2 :
23 ;
comp .
Jer .
3 :
3 ),
and continue to fall heavily for two months .
Then the heavy "
winter rains "
fall from the middle of December to March .
There is no prolonged fair weather in Palestine between October and March .
The "
latter "
or spring rains fall in March and April ,
and serve to swell the grain then coming to maturity (
Deut .
11 :
14 ;
Hos .
6 :
3 ).
After this there is ordinarily no rain ,
the sky being bright and cloudless till October or November .
Rain is referred to symbolically in Deut .
32 :
2 ;
Ps .
72 :
6 ;
Isa .
44 :
3 ,
4 ;
Hos .
10 :
12 .
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