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

• 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。
• 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。
• We hope the rain will hold off till evening.
  我们希望这场雨能拖到明天晚上下。
• 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；
• 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。
• The rain may hold off, but It'won't hurt to take an umbrella with you.
  雨可能下不下来，不过带把伞总没有坏处。
• 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 held off and they went out.
  雨没有下起来，他们外出了。
• I hope the rain holds off until we get home.
  我希望我到家后再开始下雨。