全國多地持續性暴雨,如何用英文表達各種類型的「雨」?

In June, meteorological administrations issued over 43,000 early warning messages. The number of messages for rainstorms and thunder each increased by about 43 percent compared with the average of the total issued for the same month in the past three years, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

據中國氣象局統計，6月，全國氣象部門累計發布各類氣象災害預警信息4.3萬多條。其中，暴雨、雷電的預警信息發布數量均比過去三年同期增加了43%左右。

The Ministry of Emergency Management said that, as of Friday, over 19.3 million people in 26 provincial regions had suffered from floods. A total of 121 people were missing or dead and the direct economic losses from the flood disasters reached over 41.6 billion yuan.

據應急管理部介紹，截至7月3日，今年以來洪澇災害先後造成26省(區、市)1930多萬人次受災，121人死亡失蹤，直接經濟損失超過416億元。

各種類型的雨用英文怎麼表達？

毛毛雨 drizzle

小雨 light rain

陣雨 shower

雷陣雨 thundershower

大雨 heavy rain

傾盆大雨 rain cats and dogs

暴雨 rainstorm/ downpour/ torrential rain

雷雨 thunderstorm

暴風雨 tempest/ storm

除了這些單詞表示各種雨，還有一些表達

It looks like rain. 好像要下雨。

I think I felt a drop of rain. 我好像感覺到掉雨點兒了。

A light rain began to fall. 開始下起小雨。

It’s pouring with rain. 大雨傾盆。

The rain poured down. 雨瓢潑而下。

It had been raining hard all night.

大雨下了一整夜。

It started to rain cats and dogs when I was about to leave the office.

我正要離開辦公室的時候，外面下起傾盆大雨。

相關詞彙

降雨量 rainfall

降水量 precipitation（包括雨、雪、冰等）

持續降雨 persistent rain

雨帶 rain band

洪澇災害 flood disaster

山體滑坡 landslide

泥石流 debris flow

暴雨黃色預警 yellow alert for rainstorms

大風 gale/ strong wind

和 rain 相關的短語

1.(come) rain or shine

不論是雨還是晴；不管發生什麼事

Mike goes jogging every morning, rain or shine.

邁克每天早晨去跑步，風雨無阻。

2.It never rains but it pours.

When it rains, it pours.

不雨則已，一雨傾盆；禍不單行。

My wife is ill in hospital and I have sprained my ankle. It never rains but it pours.

我的妻子生病住院，我又扭傷了腳，真是禍不單行。

3.rain on sb’s parade

破壞原定的計劃；煞風景、掃興、潑冷水

I hate to rain on your parade, but your plans are all wrong.

我不想給你潑冷水，但你的計劃全錯了。

4.save/ keep sth. for a rainy day

未雨綢繆，有備無患

My mother always told me to save money for a rainy day. Fortunately, I followed her advice.

我母親總是提醒我存點錢以備不時之需，幸虧我聽從了她的建議。

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