“下大雨”被淋成“落汤鸡”？

 　　The hiking is cancelled since it's raining cats and dogs.

　　徒步旅行被取消了，因为下着倾盆大雨。

　　Because of the heavy rain, he was late for school.

　　由于下大雨，他上学迟到了。

　　It was raining heavily yesterday when school was over. I was all wet when I got home.

　　昨天放学的时候在下大雨。我到家时全身都湿了。

　　I'm saying that it's pouring outside.

　　我是说外面在下大雨。

　　If it rains hard we have to put off the match.

　　如果下大雨，比赛只有延期。

　　Heavy thundery rain fell throughout Thursday.

　　星期四下了一整天的雷暴雨。

　　The climbers were trapped by a fierce storm which went on for days.

　　登山者被一连几天的强风暴雨给困住了。

　　Weather forecast said there would be a heavy downpour tomorrow.

　　天气预报说明天有大暴雨。

　　The River Frome had burst its banks after torrential rain.

　　暴雨过后弗罗姆河决堤了。

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　　Neither of us had taken an umbrella and we arrived at the party looking like a pair of drowned rats.

　　我们两人都没带伞，到达晚会的时候看上去像落汤鸡。

　　My goodness, you're soaked through. Where's your car?

　　天哪，你都成落汤鸡了。你的车呢？

　　He was completely drenched¹ by the rain.

　　他被雨淋得完全成了落汤鸡。

　　Unfortunately, Tom was caught in the rain.

　　真不幸，汤姆在雨中被淋成了落汤鸡。

　　We arrived home completely sodden².

　　我们回到家时已成落汤鸡了。

　　The shower stroked me to the skin.

　　阵雨淋得我像落汤鸡。

1 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sodden   

adj.浑身湿透的；v.使浸透；使呆头呆脑

参考例句：

• We stripped off our sodden clothes.我们扒下了湿透的衣服。
• The cardboard was sodden and fell apart in his hands.纸板潮得都发酥了，手一捏就碎。