rain off

英 [reɪn ɒf]

美 [reɪn ɔːf]

（体育比赛）因雨暂停，因雨取消

柯林斯词典

• PHR-V-PASSIVE （体育比赛）因雨暂停,因雨取消
  If a sports gameis rained off, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain.
  1. Most of the games have been rained off.
     大部分比赛都因下雨而暂停了。
  2. ...a rained-off cricket match.
     因下雨而取消的板球比赛

in AM, use 美国英语用 rain out

双语例句

• Maximum sustained winds near the center had dropped to about 100 miles an hour by Sunday morning, but the slow churn over the nation could dump large amounts of rain, setting off floods and mudslides.
  周日早晨，近中心最大持续风速降至约每小时100英里，但这样的缓慢移动可能会将大量雨水倾倒在菲律宾，引发洪水和泥石流。
• We hope the rain will hold off till evening.
  我们希望这场雨能拖到明天晚上下。
• We hope the rain can hold off for a few hours.
  我们希望雨停几个小时。
• He shook the rain off his clothes.
  他把衣服上的雨水抖掉。
• The rain held off and they went out.
  雨没有下起来，他们外出了。
• She was coming in to tell us that the rain was easing off, when she stepped into a large puddle.
  她正准备进来告诉我们雨开始下小了，突然她跌入了一个大水坑。
• The heavy rain means putting off the sports meeting.
  大雨意味着运动会推迟了。
• The rain had eased off
  雨小了。
• The rain left off at daybreak.
  破晓时雨停了。
• I hope the rain keeps off.
  我希望雨暂时别下。