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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The rain fell in such torrents that the town was scarcely visible through it.
-- The appearance of the island through the thick veil of rain was mournful in the extreme.
-- "You could not face rain like that, Monsieur Paganel," said Lady Helena.
-- At this elevation rain is unknown, and vapors only condense into snow or hail.
-- A miserable fire of grass was kindled, which gave out more smoke than heat, and was very difficult to keep alight, as the torrents of rain which dashed against the ruined cabin outside found their way within and fell down in large drops from the roof.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That gravel page upon which I might have read so much has been long ere this smudged by the rain and defaced by the clogs of curious peasants.
-- Now and again the moon peeped out for an instant, but clouds were driving over the face of the sky, and just as we came out on the moor a thin rain began to fall.
-- OCTOBER 17TH. All day to-day the rain poured down, rustling on the ivy and dripping from the eaves.
-- In the evening I put on my waterproof and I walked far upon the sodden moor, full of dark imaginings, the rain beating upon my face and the wind whistling about my ears.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Margaret agreed, and they pursued their way against the wind, resisting it with laughing delight for about twenty minutes longer, when suddenly the clouds united over their heads, and a driving rain set full in their face. Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house.
-- I have three unanswerable reasons for disliking Colonel Brandon; he threatened me with rain when I wanted it to be fine; he has found fault with the hanging of my curricle, and I cannot persuade him to buy my brown mare.
-- The idea however started by her, was immediately pursued by Colonel Brandon, who was on every occasion mindful of the feelings of others; and much was said on the subject of rain by both of them.
-- With great surprise therefore, did she find herself prevented by a settled rain from going out again after dinner.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It blew up cold after a rain one afternoon when Carrie was still without a jacket.
-- The clear proof of one overt deed was the cold breath needed to convert the lowering clouds of suspicion into a rain of wrath.
-- He called a cab and was driven through the dreary rain to the North Side.
-- The morrow was Saturday, a half-holiday in many business quarters, and besides it was a balmy, radiant day, with the trees and grass shining exceedingly green after the rain of the night before.
-- "So it looks," said Carrie, whose nerves were quieting under the sound of the rain drops, driven by a gusty wind, as the train swept on frantically through the shadow to a newer world.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.
-- It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider- webby; and here would come a blast of wind that would bend the trees down and turn up the pale under- side of the leaves; and then a perfect ripper of a gust would fol-low along and set the branches to tossing their arms as if they was just wild; and next, when it was just about the blu-est and blackest FST!it was as bright as glory, and you'd have a little glimpse of tree- tops a-plunging about away off yonder in the storm, hundreds of yards further than you could see before; dark as sin again in a second, and now you'd hear the thunder let go with an awful crash, and then go rum- bling, grumbling, tumbling, down the sky towards the under side of the world, like rolling empty barrels down stairs where it's long stairs and they bounce a good deal, you know.
-- The fifth night below St. Louis we had a big storm after midnight, with a power of thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in a solid sheet.
-- The rain poured down, and never a light showed; every- body in bed, I reck-on.
-- After a long time the rain let up, but the clouds stayed, and the lightning kept whimpering, and by and by a flash showed us a black thing ahead, float-ing, and we made for it.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Pinocchio, who was trembling with fear and shivering from the cold rain on his back, knocked a second time, this time louder than before.
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