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

• 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。
• If the rain holds off for a few days more, they can finish the planting.
  如果这场雨还能晚几天再下，他们的种植任务就可以完成了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He shook the rain off his clothes.
  他把衣服上的雨水抖掉。
• We hope the rain will hold off till evening.
  我们希望这场雨能拖到明天晚上下。
• The heavy rain means putting off the sports meeting.
  大雨意味着运动会推迟了。
• 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。