rain是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 雨； 雨天； 下雨vi. 下雨vt. 使大量落下，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The way inwhich I listened to all the incidents of the house that madethemselves audible to me; the ringing of bells, the opening and 62shutting of doors, the murmuring of voices, the footsteps on thestairs; to any laughing, whistling, or singing, outside, whichseemed more dismal than anything else to me in my solitude anddisgrace- the uncertain pace of the hours, especially at night, whenI would wake thinking it was morning, and find that the familywere not yet gone to bed, and that all the length of night had yet tocome- the depressed dreams and nightmares I had- the return ofday, noon, afternoon, evening, when the boys played in thechurchyard, and I watched them from a distance within the room,being ashamed to show myself at the window lest they shouldknow I was a prisoner- the strange sensation of never hearingmyself speak- the fleeting intervals of something like cheerfulness,which came with eating and drinking, and went away with it- thesetting in of rain one evening, with a fresh smell, and its comingdown faster and faster between me and the church, until it andgathering night seemed to quench me in gloom, and fear, andremorseall this appears to have gone round and round for yearsinstead of days, it is so vividly and strongly stamped on myremembrance.
-- How vividly I call to mind the damp about the house, the greencracked flagstones in the court, an old leaky water-butt, and thediscoloured trunks of some of the grim trees, which seemed tohave dripped more in the rain than other trees, and to have blownless in the sun!At one we dined, Mr. Mell and I, at the upper endof a long bare dining-room, full of deal tables and smelling of fat.
-- I 236imagined how the winds of winter would howl round it, how thecold rain would beat upon the window-glass, how the moonwould make ghosts on the walls of the empty rooms, watchingtheir solitude all night.
-- I was so sensitively aware, indeed, of beingyounger than I could have wished, that for some time I could notmake up my mind to pass her at all, under the ignoblecircumstances of the case; but, hearing her there with a broom,stood peeping out of window at King Charles on horseback,surrounded by a maze of hackney-coaches, and looking anythingbut regal in a drizzling rain and a darkbrown fog, until I wasadmonished by the waiter that the gentleman was waiting for me.
-- Our old neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Grayper, were gone to SouthAmerica, and the rain had made its way through the roof of theirempty house, and stained the outer walls.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well!that is quite surprising, for we have had a vast deal of rain here.
-- The ground covered with snow, and the atmosphere in that unsettled state between frost and thaw, which is of all others the most unfriendly for exercise, every morning beginning in rain or snow, and every evening setting in to freeze, she was for many days a most honourable prisoner.
-- 354 Emma 'I went only to the post-office,' said she, 'and reached home before the rain was much.
-- 'No, but it did not absolutely rain when I set out.'
-- When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The road-metal grew softer and more clayey as Weatherbury was left behind, and the late rain had wetted its surface to a somewhat plastic, but not muddy state.
-- The rain had been heavier here, and all foot and horse tracks made previous to the storm had been abraded and blurred by the drops, and they were now so many little scoops of water, which reflected the flame of the match like eyes.
-- "Will you tell him, then," said Gabriel, "that I only stepped ath'art to say that a heavy rain is sure to fall soon, and that something should be done to protect the ricks?"
-- Not a drop of rain had fallen as yet.
-- "I cannot understand no rain falling.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
-- I did not dare return to the apartment which I in-habited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.
-- It advanced; the heavens were clouded, and I soon felt the rain coming slowly in large drops, but its vio-lence quickly increased.
-- The thunder ceased; but the rain still continued, and the scene was enveloped in an impen-etrable darkness.
-- The rain was pouring in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains, so that I even saw not the faces of those mighty friends.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow," said Scarlett.
-- Each morning, rain or shine, Nellie was saddled and walked upand down in front of the house, waiting for the time when Mrs. Tarleton could spare an hour away from her duties.
-- Her mind was quiteblank, quite empty of all the thoughts that had surged through it only a moment before, and his words made no moreimpression than rain on glass.
-- What need had he for so many whenher darling Ashley rode in the rain with moisture dripping down his collar from the back of his cap?
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