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 keeps off.
  我希望雨暂时别下。
• Most of the games have been rained off.
  大部分比赛都因下雨而暂停了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• A roof slopes so that the rain runs off it.
  屋顶是倾斜的，使雨水得以流掉。
• But this summer rain falls off a lot.
  但是这个夏天，雨总下个不停。
• The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.
  没下雨，我们婚礼时有太阳光。
• Those refreshing words, it seems that if a Brisk months of warmth, so overgrown with thorns of love in the rain dripping off the edge of the Chuxiu;
  那些清新的话语，似一轮轻灵若月的温情，让长满荆棘的爱情在风雨的淋漓中脱去出岫的锋芒；