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

• But this summer rain falls off a lot.
  但是这个夏天，雨总下个不停。
• 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 rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.
  没下雨，我们婚礼时有太阳光。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。
• 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。
• The rain hold off just long enough for us to have our picnic.
  雨一时下不起来，我们有足够的时间吃完野餐。
• We hope the rain can hold off for a few hours.
  我们希望雨停几个小时。
• 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。
• I hope the rain will keep off half an hour or so, for I've fogotten to bring an umbrella.
  我希望这场雨等半个钟点以后下，因为我忘记带伞了。
• 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。