Tra từ rain - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 rain
2 no rain
3 getting wet in the rain
see also SNOW, WEATHER

1 rain
- water that falls from the sky: rain (noun U); verb: rain
It looks like rain again today. ◎ a long period of rain ◎ Is it still raining? ◎ It hardly ever rains in my country.
- to come down from the sky: fall*
The rain was falling steadily.
- when rain falls slowly off sth like the roof of a building or the leaves of a tree, it drips
The rain was dripping down the back of my neck.
- one small piece of rain: raindrop
- a white or grey mass of water in the sky which rain can fall from: cloud (noun C/U)
※ more on clouds SKY
- if it is raining, the weather is wet
a wet day ◎ a wet summer
- a period when it rains is rainy
a rainy day ◎ the rainy season
- a short period of rain: shower; when there are showers, the weather is showery
- the amount of rain that falls in a certain place within a certain period (for example, a year): rainfall (noun U)
the average annual rainfall in Brazil
- water that has fallen as rain: rainwater (noun U)
- a small pool of rainwater on the ground: puddle
- a mixture of earth and water on the ground: mud (noun U); after it has been raining the ground may be muddy
※ just a little rain
- just a little rain: light rain; light rain with a lot of small drops: drizzle (noun U); verb: drizzle
'Is it still raining?' 'Not really, just drizzling.'
- a very little rain: a spot of rain
I just felt a few spots of rain.
※ a lot of rain
- a lot of rain: heavy rain; very heavy rain: torrential rain; hard rain with a strong wind: driving rain
- to rain a lot: rain hard/heavily, pour (with rain), pour down
It started to rain heavily and we were soon absolutely soaked. ◎ We can't go out now - it's pouring!
- a very heavy shower of rain: downpour
- a period of heavy rain and strong wind: storm; adjective: stormy
stormy weather
- (especially after heavy rain) a large amount of water that covers an area that is normally dry: flood
Heavy rain has caused floods in low-lying areas.
※ more on storms STORM
※ when it is very cold
- cold rain that is similar to snow: sleet (noun U); verb: sleet
- hard frozen rain that falls as small pieces of ice: hail (noun U); verb: hail; a heavy shower of hail: hailstorm; a piece of hail: hailstone

2 no rain
- when the rain finishes, it stops raining
- when it is not raining, it is dry
If it's dry tomorrow we can do some gardening.
- a long period without enough rain: drought (noun C/U)
- a very dry area where it hardly ever rains: desert (noun C/U)
the Sahara Desert ◎ Much of the land is desert.

3 getting wet in the rain
- when you get very wet in the rain, you get soaked (to the skin), drenched, soaking wet
- to get away from the rain: shelter (from the rain), take* shelter
- clothes, watches, etc which are made so that it does not matter if they get wet are waterproof
a waterproof watch/jacket
※ coats that you wear in the rain COAT
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- a coloured arc of light that sometimes appears in the sky when it is raining lightly: a rainbow
- the very heavy rain that falls in tropical countries at certain times of the year: the monsoon, the rains