对于这个问题,我首先想到的就是Rain cats and dogs
字面意思:(天上)下狗下猫。
实际意思:倾盆大雨/狂风暴雨。
由于英语受北欧文化的影响,在古代北欧神话中,狗象征风,猫象征雨。所以“猫和狗”象征“狂风暴雨”。
例句
We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
我们不想让它变成倾盆大雨。
不过我认为目前不仅没人用,而且“sounds stupid”。不信的话,你试试喽!
狂风暴雨就是雨下得好大哇,那你也说的狂风暴雨有好多表达的,所以最好paraphrase成你易于理解的差不多就行了吧,反正我感觉下雨总是有风的,风多大,雨就多大,你同意吗?所以地道点的说法有三
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It's pouring/bucketing it down.
Pour:意思就是rain heavily without stopping瓢泼大雨
例句
It's pouring now.
现在下着瓢泼大雨。
It poured all night.
倾盆大雨下了一整夜。
It was pouring down with rain at three o'clock.
3 点钟的时候下着滂沱大雨。
Pour down/Bucket down:同样地rain very hard雨倾盆而下
例句
It's been bucketing down all day.
倾盆大雨已下了一整天。
Suddenly rain started to pour down.
突然间大雨倾盆而下。
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Downpour['da?np?r]
n. 倾盆大雨;注下
是一场突如其来的躲避不及的瓢泼大雨。
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比如说:
当我们正在举行野餐的时候,忽然大雨倾盆,是不是很大煞风景?
可以这么讲:
We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour, which was rather a fly in the ointment.
=Torrential rain倾盆大雨、暴雨,就是very heavy rain。
例句:
Torrential rain, squalls and wind were expected and the weather forecast warned that downpours would bring more flooding and landslides.
暴雨和狂风预期还会来。气象预报警告,大雨将会带来更多的大水泛滥及山泥倾泻。
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It's pissing it down.
Piss down
[俚语]下大雨:rain heavily
例句
Christ, it is pissing down there!
天哪!外面正下着大雨呢!
直译的就是我直接查字典找到的单词,有以下:
Storm/tempest/cloudburst/ rainstorms 暴风雨
注意:不要说a strong storm 或 a hard storm,而要说a big storm, a bad storm, 或 a violent storm.
例句
That night, a storm blew up. 那一夜,风雨大作。
This river used to get flooded whenever there was a rainstorm.
过去一下暴雨, 这条河就发大水。
The north wind came, and driving rain.
北风刮来,接着又下起了倾盆大雨。
The bus was delayed by a cloudburst.
由于大暴雨,公共汽车来迟了。
The sailors took in sail when the tempest was approaching.
暴风雨来临之际,水手们将帐篷放下。
我认为以上这些词你随便替换都无伤大雅,反正大家都懂你就是想说暴风雨,雨好大,风也好大!
其他关于大雨的表达词加点形容词就好了,你懂我懂,大家都懂!
a fierce storm 强风暴
the fury of a storm 狂风暴雨
the bluster of the wind and rain 狂风暴雨
the violent thunderstorms 强烈的雷暴
the violent storm 暴风
一场大雨:
a flood torrent of rain
a heavy downpour
a pounding continuous torrent rain
等
PS:风是分好多种的!
在西太平洋和印度洋上生成的热带气旋被称为“台风”,而起源于大西洋、加勒比海或太平洋东部的热带气旋则被称为“飓风”。
0级:Calm 无风
1级: Light air 软风
2级: Light breeze 轻风
3级: Gentle breeze 微风
4级: Moderate breeze 和风
5级: Fresh breeze 清风
6级: Strong breeze 强风
7级: Moderate gale 疾风
8级: Fresh gale 大风
9级: Strong gale 烈风
10级: Whole gale 狂风
11级: Storm 暴风
12~17级: Hurricane 飓风
例句
A hurricane is a furious storm.
飓风是一种猛烈的风暴.
The typhoon left chaos behind it.
台风过后一片混乱。
Without area would be even hotter while the frigid zones much colder.
如果没有台风,地球上的冷热会更不均匀。