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

• If the rain eases off overnight, we'll leave in the morning.
  如果夜里雨能变小的话，我们就早上离开。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。
• 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。
• 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。
• The heavy rain means putting off the sports meeting.
  大雨意味着运动会推迟了。
• We're gonna have this freezing rain on and off all night.
  看来这冻死人的雨水今天晚上是不会停了。
• Most of the games have been rained off.
  大部分比赛都因下雨而暂停了。
• 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。
• The rain left off at daybreak.
  破晓时雨停了。
• While Alehin was telling his story, the rain left off and the sun came out.
  在阿列恒讲述他的故事时，雨停了，太阳出来了。