Rain Cats And Dogs——傾盆大雨
** heavy downpour(傾盆大雨)// rain very hard or heavily(雨下得很大或很嚴重)
~~ 傾盆大雨;大雨滂沱;滂沱大雨;瓢潑大雨;突降暴雨;下大雨
~~ rain buckets; come down in buckets; rain pitchforks; pelt down; pour down; come down in sheets; come down in torrents; rain hard; rain heavily;
!! Non-flying animals falling from the sky can occur because tornadic waterspouts sometimes carry creatures up to the sky. In 17th-centuryEngland, a heavy rainstorm (strong as a tornado) caused gutters to overflow with everything and dead cats and dogs.
不會飛的動物從天而降是可能發生的,因為龍捲風有時會將生物帶到天空。在十七世紀的英格蘭,一場暴雨(強如龍捲風)導致排水溝溢出一切事物,包括貓和狗的屍體。
!! In Northern European mythology, dogs were attendants of Odin, the storm (wind) god, while cats were rain.
在北歐神話中,狗是風暴(風)神奧丁的隨從,而貓是雨。
!! Another theory is that a raging storm with lightning is analogous to fighting cats and dogs.
另一種理論認為,帶有閃電的暴風雨類似貓狗搏鬥。
>> We have to be on time to meet with the venture capitalist whether it rains cats and dogs or not.
我們必須準時與風險資本家見面,不論是否傾盆大雨。
>> We had better cancel the picnic; looks like it's going to rain cats and dogs tomorrow.
我們最好取消野餐,看起來明天將會大雨滂沱。
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師
李啟文 教授