“小雨”不是“small rain”, “大雨”也不是“big rain”

夏天到了<br>天气万千变化<br>各种雨<br>瓢泼大雨、细雨淅淅、毛毛细雨<br>由小至大，各种形态<br>说到“大小”，很多人一般都会使用small和big<br>然而在形容“雨”的大小方面<br>可不能说“big rain”、“small rain”<br>一起来学习各种“雨”的表达~<br><br>01小雨的英文表达<br>小雨的常用表达是light rain，降水量小<br>light作形容词时，有“少量的、轻的”意思<br>例：After a light spring rain，leaves began to sprout from trees. <br>下了一场小小的春雨后，树木开始长出新芽。<br>此外，下雨还有其它经典表达：drizzle [ˈdrɪzl] v. / n.（下）毛毛细雨；绵绵细雨<br>例：Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle. <br>云压了下来，开始下起了毛毛雨。<br>sprinkle [ˈsprɪŋkl] v. / n. （下）小雨<br>例：It began to sprinkle in the afternoon. <br>下午就开始下起小雨了。<br><br>02大雨的英文表达<br>英语中形容雨大用heavy"重"，表示雨量很大<br>大雨可以说heavy rain<br>也可以说It rains heavily.<br>例：Hundreds of flights have been canceled since the heavy rain began three days ago. <br>过去三天的大雨让很多航班被取消了。<br>另外表达“下大雨”还有个常用的句子：It's (really) coming down.<br><br>03暴雨、倾盆大雨<br>暴雨、倾盆大雨的英文表达可以用下面几种：<br>①torrential rain 暴雨，瓢泼大雨torrential [təˈrenʃl]<br>例：Guangzhou was hit by torrential rain last night. <br>广州昨晚下起了暴雨。<br>②downpour [ˈdaʊnpɔː(r)] 暴雨，倾盆大雨<br>例：I got caught in ...