| 单词 | rainstorm |
| 释义 | rainstorm noun[C] uk/ˈreɪn.stɔːm/us/ˈreɪn.stɔːrm/aweatherconditionwithstrongwindandheavyrain 暴风雨Precipitation: rain
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rainstorm| American Dictionaryrainstorm noun[C] us/ˈreɪnˌstɔrm/aperiodwithstrongwindsandheavyrain Examplesofrainstormrainstorm Drains could have been blocked to fill up plazas during rainstorms and reopened to release water as desired. From theCambridge English Corpus However, higher intensity rainstorms did occur: five in the period 2003-2004, six in 2004 -2005 and five in 2005 -2006. From theCambridge English Corpus After tworainstormevents, we collected the water in the buckets of each catch-basin and measured the volume of water collected in a graduated cylinder. From theCambridge English Corpus Arainstormby itself is not speech. From theCambridge English Corpus Water infiltration is thus very low; therefore, low to moderate rainstorms can lead to considerable runoff. From theCambridge English Corpus We experience the storm happening around us because we have all been caught in rainstorms (rather than in front of us with double basses and tremolo strings merely imitating thunder). From theCambridge English Corpus The volume used was within the range of that collected in traps below the ferns during naturalrainstormevents (range = 10- 520 ml). From theCambridge English Corpus Although these differences were not statistically significant, this is probably due to the very limited sample size (two samples per field), owing to lack ofrainstormevents during the study. From theCambridge English Corpus Even so, the context is within the symphonic structure, which makes the 'rainstorm' a mere novelty. From theCambridge English Corpus From time to time we have these freak rainstorms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Only a few months ago some houses were put up, but during the recent heavy rainstorms the gutterings completely overflowed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he mean by organising artificial rainstorms during the summer period and thus discouraging people who want to go on holiday? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, there is the problem of the large areas which are being eroded and washed away with every bigrainstorm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 After thatrainstormit eased up, but soon afterwards it started again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very little was coming in, and only a suddenrainstormsaved the situation. 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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