pelting rain
pelting 作形容词时一般只用在名词前,最常见的搭配是 pelting rain。
Pelting rain kept us indoors all afternoon.
倾盆大雨让我们整个下午都待在室内。
倾盆的;猛降的;连续猛击的
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倾盆的;猛降的;连续猛击的
falling heavily and continuously, as rain; beating down
We stayed under the tree until the pelting rain finally let up.
我们待在树下,直到倾盆大雨终于停下。
用法提示:pelting 是形容词,修饰 rain,表示雨势猛烈、连续不停。
The hikers took shelter in a cave from the pelting storm.
徒步旅行者躲进一个山洞,躲避猛烈的暴风雨。
用法提示:pelting 作定语修饰 storm,强调风雨猛烈地连续袭来。
I could hear the pelting rain against the window all night.
我整晚都能听到雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
用法提示:pelting 形容雨下得又急又密,在句中作定语。
pelting 作形容词时一般只用在名词前,最常见的搭配是 pelting rain。
Pelting rain kept us indoors all afternoon.
倾盆大雨让我们整个下午都待在室内。
加定冠词时,指说话双方都明确的那场大雨。
The pelting rain beat against the windows.
倾盆大雨拍打着窗户。
用介词 in 表示“在……之中”,强调身处大雨里。
She walked home in the pelting rain without an umbrella.
她没带伞,冒着倾盆大雨走回了家。
grammar · medium
易错句子A pelting of rain woke us up.
正确表达Pelting rain woke us up.
pelting 在这里作定语形容词直接修饰 rain,是“形容词+不可数名词”结构,不能套用汉语“一场倾盆大雨”的量词框架写成“a pelting of rain”。去掉“a … of”后,pelting 才能正常修饰 rain。
grammar · medium
易错句子We got wet in the big pelting rain.
正确表达We got wet in the pelting rain.
pelting 本身已含“下得又猛又急、倾盆”之意,相当于 heavy,因此不能再叠加 big 这类表示“大”的形容词(汉语“大雨”直译成 big rain 本身也不地道)。要么直接用 pelting rain,要么说 heavy rain。
grammar · medium
易错句子It's pelting cats and dogs outside.
正确表达It's raining cats and dogs outside.
cats and dogs 是只能与动词 rain 搭配的固定习语,构成 rain cats and dogs;pelt 虽也表示“下得猛”,却不能进入这个习语。若要保留 pelt,应说 It's pelting down,而不能把两个表达混在一起。
pouring 与 rain 构成日常最常用的搭配 pouring rain,英式和美式英语都常见;pelting 也可说 pelting rain,但更强调雨点急速、密集地砸落,语感略具描写性。两者都成立,不能只靠中文“倾盆的”区分。
pounding 侧重连续、有力的拍打和冲击,常暗示声响;pelting 侧重雨点急速、密集地砸落。两者都能修饰 rain;要突出“一下一下的重击感”用 pounding,突出“密集快速落下”用 pelting。
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