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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sri Lanka depends on monsoon rains for irrigation and power generation but the seasonal downpours frequently cause loss of life and damage to property in low-lying areas.
  斯里兰卡依靠季风雨以灌溉和发电，但季雨经常在低洼地带造成生命和财产的损失。
• The downpours increased water levels on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with the water resources commission reducing water discharged from the Three Gorges Dam to aid the rescue and recovery effort.
  受降雨影响，长江中游水位不断升高，水利委员会已减少三峡大坝排水以帮助救援和恢复工作。
• Heavy downpours in the province also caused havoc in other areas.
  持续的强暴雨也给陕西省其他地区造成了严重破坏。
• While lingering dry spells cripple some parts of the country, heavy downpours have inundated others.
  在持续干旱期严重破坏我国一些地区的同时，倾盆大雨使其它地区洪水泛滥。
• They said river basin areas could be hit by more downpours and extreme weather conditions than in previous years. Middle reaches of Yangtze basin areas could receive 20 percent more rainfall than before, according to the hydro-graphic office of the Changjiang Water Resources Commission.
  他们表示，长江流域会受到强降雨和极端天气的影响，今年的强降雨和极端天气明显比往年多。长江水利委员会水文局称，长江中游地区降雨量超出往年的20%。
• 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 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。