Weather
. snowy: snowi
. thunder
It is thundering and raining
Describe wind
. windy ( have a heavy wind )
. breezy: brizi
After wind storm , today is breezy and warm.
. tornado: t)r'neidou
The tornado destroyed my ancestral home's factorys.
Describe vague
. cloudy
It is a cloudy day. It is cloudy
. overcast [ˌoʊvərˈkæst] (nearly rain)
Today, it is dull and overcast. It nearly rains.
. foggy: f)gi
Describe rain
. drizzle / sprinkle: sprinkel (rain slightly )
It is sprinkling right now. I suggest you take an umbrella
. drizzle: drizl / drizzly: drizli / drizzling: 发lin
It is drizzling.
It is a drizzly and dull afternoon.
. rain / rainy
every day. showery/ shower
Today is showery
. rain hard
- Yesterday, it rained really hard
- downpour. It had a downpour yesterday.
- It rained cats and dogs yesterday. I was soaked
- pour. It is pouring right now
. sand storm/ wind storm/ rain storm
. let up ( become less intense )
The rain finally lets up
Describe storm
- dust storm: dvst ( full of sand in the desert's sky )
- wind storm
- monsoon: ma:n'su:n
- typhoon: tai'fu:n
- snowstorm
Describe Degree
. moderate:ma:derate
Moderate to heavy rain will hit China southern provinces of guangdong, fujian as well as hunan, with rainfall of up to 80 millimeters in some region.
describe wet
- humid: hju:mid ( describe atmosphere full of water )
Taiwan is hot and humid in the summer.
- foggy: f)gi ( not only wet but also vague )
- moist oi-)i: slightly wet
Her eyes is moist with tears
- misty: misti
. 烟雾弥漫: a misty morning
. not clear: misty memory
Describe hot
. warm / hot
. boiling / baking / roasting: rousting / scorching:sk):rtfing (28+)
Today it's scorching. My clothes is totally wet.
. The sun's splitting the stones.
. tan: taen (yellow and brown)
Plenty of foreign people seek a tan. But chinese dislike tan skin.
Relative
.climate [ˈklaɪmɪt]
. typhoon
Idiom
. It is raining cats and dogs
. leave sb in the dust: (sb far away from you so that sb can't catch you )
. have sb’s head in the clouds
A good artist sometimes have his head in the clouds, his feet are always on the ground.
. save sth for a rainy day
I should save money for a rainy day.
. Can I take a rain check on that ? 可以改天吗？