中英对照：暴雨、小雨、雷雨……雨的各种说法

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细雨/毛毛雨drizzle; fine/drizzlingrain
急雨rapid rain
猛烈的雨 drivingrain
大雨 heavy rain;downpour
倾盆大雨 heavydownpour /pouring/pelting rain
茫茫大雨 blindingrain
瓢泼大雨 soaking/drenchingrain
滂沱大雨 streaming/torrentialrain /torrents of rain deluge
带风的雨windy rain
阵风的雨 gusty rain
旋转的飞雨swirlingrain
暴雨stormy rain
暴风雨rainstorm;rainspout; tempest;cloudburst
雷雨thunderrain
雷暴thunderstorm
充沛的雨abundant /plentiful rain
绵不断的雨constant/continuous/ incessantrain
零星雨occasionalrain
间歇雨periodical/intermittent /recurrent rain
阵雨shower
骤雨passing heavyshower
一阵阵的雨fitful rain
寒冷的雨cold rain
嗖嗖的雨chillingrain
冰冷的雨freezingrain /frozen rain;
刺骨的雨sharp rain
使人清爽的雨refreshinarain
及时雨timely rain
时令的雨seasonablerain
令人不快的雨dismal rain
灰蒙蒙的雨dim rain
酸雨acid rain
不合时令的雨unseasonablerain
人工降水artificialprecipitation artificialrainmaking
季风雨monsoonrain
黄梅雨intermittent drizzles in the rainyseason in the middle and lower reaches of the YangtzeRiver
雨季rainyseason
雨带，多雨地带rain belt
雨夹雹sleet；rain mixed up withhail
霰／雨夹雪sleet；rain mixed upwith snow
露水dew
露珠dew drop
降水/降水量precipitation
年降水量yearly/annualprecipitation
降雨／降雨量rainfall
年降雨量yearly/annualrainfall

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表示下雨特别的说法：
掉雨点

Raidrops fall.

It rains in small drops．
下倾盆大雨
The rain pours violently down.

The rain comes down in sheets/torrents/buckets.
It is raining cats and dogs.
连续下雨

The rain falls continuously.
It rains continuously.
断续下雨

The rain falls intermittently.
It rains intermittently.
It rains on and off/off and on.