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 rain may hold off, but It'won't hurt to take an umbrella with you.
  雨可能下不下来，不过带把伞总没有坏处。
• 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。
• Will the rain keep off until the game?
  雨会比赛以后才下吗？
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。
• The car alarm is so sensitive that the little rain sets it off.
  汽车报警器太敏感了，这么点的雨都让它失灵了。
• 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。
• We hope the rain can hold off for a few hours.
  我们希望雨停几个小时。
• The paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off.
  除非下大雪或大雨把纸冲掉，纸会一直呆在树上。
• When it's wet and windy the average umbrella just doesn't seem to do what it's supposed to do& keeping the rain off your head and face.
  下雨天的时候，普通的雨伞似乎起不到它应该起到的作用&不让雨水落到你的头部和脸部。
• 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。