下雨，有大有小，在英文里怎么表達(dá)？
（一）下雨
1.
rain
:
n.
water that falls
from the sky in small drops
例：
the rain
The rain was beating against the window.
（雨打窗戶。）
The rain has stopped at last.
（雨終于停了。）
in the rain
I like walking in the rain.
（我喜歡在雨中漫步。）
acid rain
(=rain
that contains harmful chemicals from industry)
（酸雨）
When acid rain falls, it affects the pH
balance of the soil.
（酸雨會影響土壤的酸堿平衡。）
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2.
rain
:
v.
if it rains,
water falls from the sky in the form of small drops
例：
it rains
It rained all night, and half the day after.
（下了一夜的雨，之后又下了半天。）
Take an umbrella in case it rains.
（帶把傘，以防下雨。）
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3.
it's raining
: use this to say
that rain is falling now
備注：
''it's
raining''
常用于口語中。
例：
Look, it's raining again.
（看吧，又下雨了。）
Is it still raining?
（還在下雨？）
it's raining hard/heavily
(=raining a lot)
It had been raining heavily and the ground
was very soft.
（一直下大雨，地上的土都軟軟的。）
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4.
the wet
: wet weather outdoors
備注：
''the wet''
常用于口語中。
例：
Come on in out of the wet.
（快進(jìn)來，下雨了。）
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（二）大雨、連續(xù)下雨
5.
wet/rainy
: if the weather is wet
or rainy , it rains a lot
例：
It's been wet all week.
（一整周都在下雨。）
There's more wet weather on the way.
（接下來還是雨天。）
You should bring a waterproof jacket and
strong boots in case of wet weather.
（你帶上雨衣和雨鞋以防下雨。）
It's very wet outside.
（外面在下大雨。）
the wettest summer on record
（史上最多雨的夏季）
a rainy weekend in November
（
11
月里，一個下雨的周末）
I hate the rainy weather.
（我討厭下雨天。）
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6.
it's pouring
: use this to say
that it is raining very hard
傾盆大雨
備注：
''it's
pouring''
常用于口語中。
例：
As soon as I got outside it started pouring.
（我剛出門就開始下暴雨。）
it's pouring with rain
（備注：這個用法常出現(xiàn)在英式英語中。）
It was pouring with rain and she had
forgotten her umbrella.
（正下暴雨，她忘了帶雨傘了。）
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7.
heavy/torrential rain
: a lot of
rain
暴雨，降雨量大
例：
The roads are flooded after a period of
exceptionally heavy rain.
（下了一段時間的大雨，路面上都被水淹了。）
There had been heavy rain during the night.
（那天夜里下了大雨。）
The torrential rain caused flooding.
（暴雨引起了水災(zāi)。）
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8.
torrent
: a large amount of water
that moves very quickly in one direction
例：
torrents of rain
（暴雨）
The rain came down in torrents.
（雨瀉如注。）
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（三）陣雨
9.
shower
: a short period of rain
which can be light or heavy
陣雨（可以是“大陣雨”，也可以是“小陣雨”）
例：
It was just a shower, so we didn't get too
wet.
（只是下了一陣小雨，我們沒有淋得很濕。）
heavy showers
(=when a lot of rain falls for short periods)
Heavy showers are forecast for the weekend.
（天氣預(yù)報(bào)說這周末會有強(qiáng)陣雨。）
light showers
(=when a small amount of rain falls during short periods)
The weather will be cloudy with light
showers in places.
（有些地方的天氣會是多云，偶爾有陣雨。）
a light shower of rain
（小陣雨）
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