Countless small drops of water falling out of the clouds, straight down onto everything below.
可以想成一個畫面：天空的雲裡，無數細小的水珠一起往下掉，密密麻麻地落在底下的每樣東西上。rain 這個字的核心就抓住這個「一大片東西從上面同時落下」的感覺——先是水，後來連別的東西也借用了它。
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Rainname
- 1
A female given name.
rainnoun詞源 1/ˈɹeɪn/
- 1
climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesCondensed water falling from a cloud.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- The rains came late that year.
- 2
Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- 3
An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
rainverb詞源 2/ˈɹeɪn/
- 1
climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesTo have rain fall from the sky.
- Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.
- 2
To fall as or like rain.
- Tears rained from her eyes.
- Leaves rained from the tree.
- 3
To issue (something) in large quantities.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
- Generous to a fault, they positively rained gifts on all their friends.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。