Pouring rain is very heavy rain — rain coming down hard, as if someone were pouring water from a bucket. People say pouring rain, a pouring wet day, and, very often, It's pouring. When it is pouring, you get soaked in seconds.

Pouring rain is very heavy rainPouring rain是非常大的雨 — rain coming down hard雨下得很猛，as if someone were pouring water from a bucket好像有人從水桶裡把水倒下來一樣。People say人們會說 pouring rainpouring rain, a pouring wet daya pouring wet day, and, very often, It's pouring還有很常見的It's pouring。When it is pouring當外面在pouring的時候，you get soaked in seconds你幾秒鐘就會全身濕透。

It is ordinary spoken English, not weather-report language (a forecast may just say heavy rain). It does not measure an exact amount; it is a feeling-word for the strong kind. In Britain especially, it's pouring is the everyday complaint at the window.

It is ordinary spoken English這是普通的口語英文，not weather-report language不是氣象預報用語 (a forecast may just say heavy rain)（預報可能只會說heavy rain）。It does not measure an exact amount它不是在量出一個精確的量；it is a feeling-word for the strong kind它是用來表達那種很強烈感覺的字。In Britain especially尤其在英國，it's pouring is the everyday complaint at the windowit's pouring是望著窗外時常見的抱怨話。

This pouring is the -ing form of pour, the verb for making liquid flow. So the same shape appears in She is pouring tea, which has nothing to do with weather.

This pouring is the -ing form of pour這個pouring是pour的-ing形式，the verb for making liquid flowpour是讓液體流動的動詞。So the same shape appears in She is pouring tea所以同樣的形式也會出現在She is pouring tea裡，which has nothing to do with weather這跟天氣完全沒關係。

You only get the rain meaning when the talk is about rain, a wet day, or it's pouring with no cup in sight. It's pouring is already complete; you do not have to name a liquid.

You only get the rain meaning只有才會是下雨的意思 when the talk is about rain, a wet day, or it's pouring with no cup in sight在談的是雨、濕答答的一天，或是眼前沒有杯子的it's pouring時。It's pouring is already completeIt's pouring本身就是完整的句子；you do not have to name a liquid你不需要說出是什麼液體。