raining
present participle ofrain
| 单词 | raining |
| 释义 | raining present participle ofrain rain verb[I] uk/reɪn/us/reɪn/A1 If it rains,waterfallsfrom theskyinsmalldrops: Ithinkit'sstartingto rain. It's raininghard/heavily(= alargeamountof rain isfalling).
Precipitation: rain
Idiomsit never rains but it pours it's raining cats and dogs! rain onsomeone'sparade Phrasal verbsrain(something)down rainsomethingoff Examplesofrainingraining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The cost of line-transect sampling represents, without doubt, lower expenditure in equipment, but training, food and a ccommodation costs for the researchers are higher. From theCambridge English Corpus Nowadays the skyrainingevery day one, you know. From theCambridge English Corpus It's if it isn'trainingthat he performs best. From theCambridge English Corpus It couldn't be plainer if it wererainingfloppy discs. From theCambridge English Corpus It wasrainingand the turf was wet. From theCambridge English Corpus You get up in the morning and you plan a day to go walking in the park and it'sraining. From theCambridge English Corpus It wasraining, well enough for any open-air performance to be cancelled. From theCambridge English Corpus Again, yes, if you think that the best analysis ofrainingstructures requires such an operation. From theCambridge English Corpus That it israiningis a reason to carry an umbrella. From theCambridge English Corpus This means that, if it israiningright now, strictly speaking it is not possible that it is notrainingright now. From theCambridge English Corpus They would like to go out and play but it israining. From theCambridge English Corpus Since, strictly speaking, it is not possible that it is notrainingright now (if it is notrainingright now), an objection that presumes that possibility is without force. From theCambridge English Corpus A shading technique was developed for field plots, to mimic the effect of cloudy periods, and to have minimal effects when ambient conditions were dull, dark orraining. From theCambridge English Corpus Third, idiomatic constructions held in memory include syntactic phrases and whole clauses like the eleventh hour, it'srainingcats and dogs. From theCambridge English Corpus The water drips gently when it is notraining, but they have to put out buckets when there is a heavy shower. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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