天上落下的水
這一家就是核心畫面本身：水從雲裡落下。名詞講「那些水」，動詞講「正在落下」這件事，兩者是同一個畫面的兩面。
rain (water falling) · noun · A1
Water that falls from the clouds in small drops.
雨
核心畫面
Countless small drops of water falling out of the clouds, straight down onto everything below.
可以想成一個畫面：天空的雲裡，無數細小的水珠一起往下掉，密密麻麻地落在底下的每樣東西上。rain 這個字的核心就抓住…更多收起
可以想成一個畫面：天空的雲裡，無數細小的水珠一起往下掉，密密麻麻地落在底下的每樣東西上。rain 這個字的核心就抓住這個「一大片東西從上面同時落下」的感覺——先是水，後來連別的東西也借用了它。Three branches
像雨一樣落下的一片
把「一大片東西同時從上面落下」的形狀借去形容別的東西：只要東西多、密、一起往下飛或往下掉，就能說它像雨。這是核心畫面從「水」延伸到「任何成片落下的東西」。
a rain of (things falling in great numbers) · noun · A1
Things coming down or flying through the air together in great numbers.
如雨般落下的一片
固定片語裡的雨
雨在英文裡常代表「天氣好壞」，所以被固定進幾個片語，用下不下雨來比喻「不管情況如何」或「壞事接連發生」。這裡 rain 已經不是真的在講水，而是當作熟語的一部分。
rain or shine · noun · A1
Used in the phrase 'rain or shine' to mean whatever the weather is like, or whatever happens.
風雨無阻（片語）
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Rainname
- 1
A female given name.
rainnoun詞源 1/ˈɹeɪn/
- 1
climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesCondensed water falling from a cloud.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- The rains came late that year.
- 2
Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- 3
An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
rainverb詞源 2/ˈɹeɪn/
- 1
climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesTo have rain fall from the sky.
- Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.
- 2
To fall as or like rain.
- Tears rained from her eyes.
- Leaves rained from the tree.
- 3
To issue (something) in large quantities.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
- Generous to a fault, they positively rained gifts on all their friends.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。