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

• Two minutes later I looked up through my sopping wet glasses& it was a true downpour.
  两分钟后，透过湿淋淋的防水镜，我向上看&真是倾盆大雨。
• On seeing the downpour, she belted her raincoat.
  一看到倾盆大雨，她就用皮带束好雨衣。
• 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。
• Our love tainted with dust, waiting the baptism of downpour.
  我们的爱情染上了尘埃，等待一场风暴的洗礼。
• It cleared up soon after the rain. Right. It's wonderful after the downpour last night.
  雨后天气迅速放晴。对呀，昨夜一场大雨之后天气好极了。
• Oh, my! What a downpour!; My God! It's raining like hell!
  哎呀，好大的雨呀！
• We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour, which was rather a fly in the ointment.
  当我们正在举行野餐的时候，忽然大雨倾盆，未免大煞风景。
• I got off the streetcar in a downpour and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself.
  我在倾盆大雨中下了车，感激不尽地打开那把伞遮雨。
• 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。
• Right. It's wonderful after the downpour last night. I was caught in a heavy rain last Sunday.
  对呀，昨夜一场大雨之后天气好极了。上星期天我被一场大雨淋了。