| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_rainy |
| 释义 | rainyThese words describe weather where water is falling from the sky. One common word for this is rainy. Rainy can be used to describe a period of weather where it is raining continuously or a lot. Another rainy afternoon - you'll have to stay indoors and play, I'm afraid. It's too rainy outside to go for a walk. You can also use wet to describe a period of time where rain falls. Wet is less common than rainy. We're in for a wet morning, with showers lasting well into the afternoon. Two opposites of rainy are clear and dry. Clear is used to describe weather where there are no clouds in the sky or mist in the air and it is not raining, and dry is used to describe a period of time when no rain falls, or a place that usually does not get much rain. The weather tomorrow will be clear and cold, with temperatures staying in the single digits. We're in for a dry spell, with no rain in the forecast for the next several weeks. For more opposites of rainy, see the article at dry. When a light rain falls from the sky during a period of time, but it does not fall continuously, you can say that it is showery. It will be showery overnight, but clear by morning. We had a showery day at the beach, so stayed out of the water. If it is raining with small, light drops of water, you can say the weather is drizzly or mizzly. Mizzly is most common in Scottish English. In US English, it has an old-fashioned sound. It was a grey, drizzly day. It's always a bit mizzly on the coast, but a good jacket will keep you dry. If a lot of water is falling from the sky, along with strong winds and sometimes thunder and lightning, you can say that the weather is stormy. On such a stormy day, it's best to stay indoors with a good cup of tea. It was too stormy on the coast for the ship to reach port safely. When there is moisture in the air that you can feel but there is no water falling from the sky, it is humid. For words to describe humid places or weather, see the article at humid. |
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