downpour

US [ˈdaʊnˌpɔr]
UK [ˈdaʊnˌpɔː(r)]
  • n.倾盆大雨；暴雨；骤雨
  • Web滂沱大雨；大暴雨；瓢泼大雨
Plural Form：downpours  

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downpour
n.
1.
倾盆大雨；暴雨；骤雨a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly

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AllAll,倾盆大雨倾盆大雨,暴雨暴雨,骤雨骤雨,滂沱大雨滂沱大雨,大暴雨大暴雨,瓢泼大雨瓢泼大雨
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1.
Lydia: You must have slept like a log. It's clouding over again. It looks as if we were going to have another downpour.
莉迪亚：你一定睡得很熟。现在又乌云密布了，看来像又要下倾盆大雨啦。
lì dí yà : nǐ yí dìng shuì de hěn shú 。 xiàn zài yòu wū yún mì bù le , kàn lái xiàng yòu yào xià qīng pén dà yǔ la 。
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2.
The downpour transformed a local machinery factory into a huge pond. Plumes of smoke are the only evidence of the production that once was.
倾盆大雨将当地一个机械厂变成一个巨大的鱼塘。浓烟是工厂曾经存在的唯一证据。
qīng pén dà yǔ jiāng dāng dì yī gè jī xiè chǎng biàn chéng yī gè jù dà de yú táng 。 nóng yān shì gōng chǎng céng jīng cún zài de wéi yī zhèng jù 。
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3.
When he got out of the tunnel , what he gained is the ablution of the God rather than the downpour from the sky .
这句最好是直翻：当他终于从地道爬出时，他得到的不是倾盆暴雨，而是上帝的亲自施洗。
zhè jù zuì hǎo shì zhí fān : dāng tā zhōng yú cóng dì dào pá chū shí , tā dé dào de bú shi qīng pén bào yǔ , ér shì shàng dì de qīn zì shī xǐ 。
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4.
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。
zuó wǎn fēng xiàng tū rán biàn le , suí zhī ér lái de shì yī chǎng piáo pō dà yǔ 。
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5.
The downpour quickly ran off the barren hills and began building up in the narrow valley.
倾泻的暴雨很快冲光贫瘠的山泥，小峡谷开始显现。
qīng xiè de bào yǔ hěn kuài chōng guāng pín jí de shān ní , xiǎo xiá gǔ kāi shǐ xiǎn xiàn 。
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6.
I think it will let up in a little while. A downpour like this never lasts long here at this time.
我想马上会停的。每年这个时间像这样的大雨不会下很久的。
wǒ xiǎng mǎ shàng huì tíng de 。 měi nián zhè ge shí jiān xiàng zhè yàng de dà yǔ bú huì xià hěn jiǔ de 。
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7.
We've all seen rainbows shimmering across the sky as the sun returns after a downpour.
滂沱大雨后的晴空下，我们往往会看到阳光下若隐若现的彩虹。
pāng tuó dà yǔ hòu de qíng kōng xià , wǒ men wǎng wǎng huì kàn dào yáng guāng xià ruò yǐn ruò xiàn de cǎi hóng 。
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8.
It had been raining cats and dogs for over a week and the downpour had caused landslides in many places.
倾盆大雨已下了一个多星期，造成了许多地区塌方。
qīng pén dà yǔ yǐ xià le yī gè duō xīng qī , zào chéng le xǔ duō dì qū tā fāng 。
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9.
Suddenly the fly finds itself pinned-under a downpour, of glue, as if in a Roman centurion 's net.
突然间苍蝇发现它自己被倾盆而下的粘胶粘住身子，犹如落入古罗马军团百夫长的网罩中。
tū rán jiān cāng yíng fā xiàn tā zì jǐ bèi qīng pén ér xià de zhān jiāo zhān zhù shēn zǐ , yóu rú luò rù gǔ luó mǎ jūn tuán bǎi fū cháng de wǎng zhào zhōng 。
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10.
About a decade ago, there was a team of soldiers passed here and stayed in the forest overnight, only to be showered by the downpour.
十多年前，有一队解放军路过这里，在树林里过夜，半夜淋了大雨。
shí duō nián qián , yǒu yī duì jiě fàng jūn lù guò zhè lǐ , zài shù lín lǐ guò yè , bàn yè lín le dà yǔ 。
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