downpour

noun
🔊/ˈdaʊnpɔː(r)/
🔊/ˈdaʊnpɔːr/
[usually singular]
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  1. a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly倾盆大雨;暴雨;骤雨
    • We got caught in a torrential downpour.我们遇上了一场瓢泼大雨。
    • For the past six hours the downpour had been continuous and torrential.在过去的六个小时里,倾盆大雨一直持续不断。
    Topics Weatherc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • torrential
    • relentless
    preposition
    • in downpour
    phrases
    • a downpour of rain
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