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

• Today's football match has been washed out by a sudden downpour.
  今天的足球赛因一场突然降临的大雨而取消了。
• Oh, my! What a downpour!; My God! It's raining like hell!
  哎呀，好大的雨呀！
• The wind changed round suddenly last night and brought with it a heavy downpour.
  昨晚风向突然变了，随之而来的是一场瓢泼大雨。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was caught in a heavy downpour.
  他赶上一场倾盆大雨。
• We dived into the nearest taxi as soon as the downpour began.
  倾盆大雨来临时，我们马上躲进了最近的出租车里。
• She was drenched by the sudden downpour.
  她被那场突然下的倾盆大雨淋得湿透。
• A rare dry-season downpour produced the thundering runoff.
  一次非常干旱季节的倾盆大雨产生了雷鸣般的急流。
• 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。