rain off

英 [reɪn ɒf]

美 [reɪn ɔːf]

（体育比赛）因雨暂停，因雨取消

柯林斯词典

• PHR-V-PASSIVE （体育比赛）因雨暂停,因雨取消
  If a sports gameis rained off, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain.
  1. Most of the games have been rained off.
     大部分比赛都因下雨而暂停了。
  2. ...a rained-off cricket match.
     因下雨而取消的板球比赛

in AM, use 美国英语用 rain out

双语例句

• The heavy rain means putting off the sports meeting.
  大雨意味着运动会推迟了。
• Will the rain keep off until the game?
  雨会比赛以后才下吗？
• I hope the rain will keep off half an hour or so, for I've fogotten to bring an umbrella.
  我希望这场雨等半个钟点以后下，因为我忘记带伞了。
• Most of the games have been rained off.
  大部分比赛都因下雨而暂停了。
• He shook the rain off his clothes.
  他把衣服上的雨水抖掉。
• Take that rain off those cases before you take them up.
  在你把箱子拿上去以前先弄干水。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。
• Maximum sustained winds near the center had dropped to about 100 miles an hour by Sunday morning, but the slow churn over the nation could dump large amounts of rain, setting off floods and mudslides.
  周日早晨，近中心最大持续风速降至约每小时100英里，但这样的缓慢移动可能会将大量雨水倾倒在菲律宾，引发洪水和泥石流。
• If the rain eases off overnight, we'll leave in the morning.
  如果夜里雨能变小的话，我们就早上离开。
• She was coming in to tell us that the rain was easing off, when she stepped into a large puddle.
  她正准备进来告诉我们雨开始下小了，突然她跌入了一个大水坑。