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

• 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 rain had eased off
  雨小了。
• The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.
  没下雨，我们婚礼时有太阳光。
• 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。
• Sheets of rain blew in off the bay.
  海湾上空下起倾盆大雨。
• We hope the rain will hold off till evening.
  我们希望这场雨能拖到明天晚上下。
• Will the rain keep off until the game?
  雨会比赛以后才下吗？
• When it's wet and windy the average umbrella just doesn't seem to do what it's supposed to do& keeping the rain off your head and face.
  下雨天的时候，普通的雨伞似乎起不到它应该起到的作用&不让雨水落到你的头部和脸部。
• 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。