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 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。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。
• 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。
• A roof slopes so that the rain runs off it.
  屋顶是倾斜的，使雨水得以流掉。
• 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。
• 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。
• He shook the rain off his clothes.
  他把衣服上的雨水抖掉。
• 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。
• Will the rain keep off until the game?
  雨会比赛以后才下吗？
• 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。