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

• 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。
• 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 heavy rain means putting off the sports meeting.
  大雨意味着运动会推迟了。
• The rain had eased off
  雨小了。
• The rain left off at daybreak.
  破晓时雨停了。
• The rain held off and they went out.
  雨没有下起来，他们外出了。
• The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.
  没下雨，我们婚礼时有太阳光。
• 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。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。