rains是什么意思？

rains

• n. （热带国家的）雨季，雨( rain的名词复数 )，（热带地区的）雨季，雨点般降落的东西；
• v. （雨）降下， （使）降落( rain的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• I won't take a chance on a July holiday in Britain—it always rains. 我不会冒险在7月份去英国度假——那时天老是下雨!
• Keep the window closed in case it rains. 把窗户关好, 以防下雨。
• The flood came about as a result of the heavy spring rains. 春季的大雨造成了洪水泛滥。
• After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后, 部分公路塌陷了。
• Spring rains quickened the earth. 春雨使大地充满生机。
• It is seldom that it rains in such a time in winter. 在冬天这个时候很少下雨。
• The mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean. 这些山脉隔开了海洋上生成的雨和雾。
• It invariably rains when he goes there. 他去那里时天总是下雨。
• I don't imagine they will come if it rains. 我认为天如果下雨, 他们是不会来的。
• We will go even if it rains. 即使下雨, 我们也要去。

英语六级真题

More than paradise lost, a perishing rain forest could trigger a domino effect - sending winds and rains kilometers off course and loading the skies with even greater levels of greenhouse gases - that will be felt far beyond the Amazon basin.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
The changed patterns of winds and rains in the Amazon area
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  雨；雨水
  Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops.
  例句
  I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain... 我希望你站在外面没有被雨淋透。 A spot of rain fell on her hand. 一滴雨落在她的手上。
• N-PLURAL
  雨季
  In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains .
  例句
  ...the spring, when the rains came... 春天，雨季来临时 The rains have failed again in the Horn of Africa. 雨季又没有光顾非洲之角。
• VERB
  下雨；降雨
  When rain falls, you can say that it is raining .
  例句
  It rained the whole weekend... 整个周末都在下雨。 It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella. 雨下得很大，但她没有雨伞。
• V-ERG
  （使）如雨点般落下；（使）大量降下
  If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place.
  例句
  The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park... 警察不分闹事者与观众统统一顿猛击，把人们清除出了足球场。 Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings. 火箭炮、迫击炮和各种炮弹如雨点般落在大楼上。
• N-SING
  （从空中落下的）一阵，一连串
  A rain of things is a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time.
  例句
  A rain of stones descended on the police. 一阵乱石砸向警察。
• PHRASE
  祸不单行
  You can use the expression it never rains but it pours to mean that several unfortunate events often happen at the same time.
• PHRASE
  完全康复；完全恢复
  If you say that someone is as right as rain, you mean that they are completely well or healthy again, for example when they have recovered from an illness or a shock.
  例句
  You'll be as right as rain as soon as you are back in your own home with your baby. 你一回家同孩子在一起就会完全没事了。
• PHRASE
  不管晴天或下雨;风雨无阻
  If you say that someone does something rain or shine, you mean that they do it regularly, without being affected by the weather or other circumstances.
  例句
  Frances took her daughter walking every day, rain or shine. 弗朗西丝无论晴天还是下雨，每天都带女儿去散步。