downpours

英 [ˈdaʊnpɔːz]

美 [ˈdaʊnˌpɔrz]

n.  倾盆大雨; 暴雨; 骤雨
downpour的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 倾盆大雨;暴雨;骤雨
  Adownpouris a sudden and unexpected heavy fall of rain.
  1. ...a sudden downpour of rain.
     突降的暴雨

双语例句

• The flooding also has caused the homeless to flee for shelter as they brace for more downpours, the news agency said.
  新华社称，水灾还迫使无家可归的人在多次倾盆大雨来临之际纷纷逃离去寻找庇护所。
• A typical hurricane brings 6 to 12 inches of downpours resulting in sudden floods.
  一场典型的飓风可带来6至12英寸的骤然降水，而导致洪水爆发。
• The heat waves, drought, wildfires, downpours, floods, and ruined crops closely match the predictions of climate scientists.
  热浪、旱灾、野火、暴雨、水灾和遭受破坏的农作物与气候科学家的预测极为一致。
• It also said that Pakistan's own meteorological department failed to predict the downpours.
  它还说巴基斯坦自己的气象部门没能预测到这场大雨。
• How green is silicon valley? Well, with some heavy February downpours following one of the driest Januarys on record, positively verdant is the answer right now.
  矽谷有多绿？考虑到在经历了历史上最乾燥的1月份后，2月份出现了大量降水，现在的答案应该是满目青翠。
• A gray sky of drizzle after two weeks of downpours and puddles in the parking lots wouldn't give way.
  两周暴雨后，铅灰色的天空又下起了毛毛细雨，停车场上的水坑永远不会退缩。
• Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks, roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the floods.
  倾盆大雨导致了河流决堤，道路封锁，许多人因为洪水的关系离开家园，被迫疏散。
• The heavy downpours resulted in flash floods, trapping dozens of people.
  倾盆大雨造成的洪灾使数十人被困。
• Agriculture and tourism have been particularly badly hit, with crops scorched in some areas, waterlogged in others, and tourists forced to flee fires in the South and storms and torrential downpours in northern countries.
  农业和旅游业遭受的打击尤为沉重，一些地区的农作物因炙热而枯萎，另一些地区则出现涝灾；游客被迫逃离，以躲避欧洲南部的大火和北部国家的暴风雨。
• The loss of homing pigeons, which can be worth up to? 200,000, has baffled experts, but the most popular theory is the abnormal number of summer showers, sending birds off course as they attempt to fly around the downpours.
  神秘失踪的赛鸽总价值高达20万英镑，这也让专家们感到困惑。但最流行的说法是，夏季骤雨频发，让赛鸽为了躲避暴雨而偏离了航向。