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rainfall

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Nature, Meteorology, Geography
rain·fall /ˈreɪnfɔːl $ -fɒːl/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DNHEMthe amount of rain that falls on an area in a particular period of time 雨量 We’ve had a long period of low rainfall. 我们已有很长一段时间雨量偏低。 The city has received only half its average rainfall of four inches. 该市目前的降雨只有往常四英寸平均雨量的一半。
Examples from the Corpus
rainfallFor a number of years after 1865, a long humid cycle brought uninterrupted above-average rainfall to the plains.The teens and 1920s, in particular, were years of extraordinary and consistent rainfall.In fact, many of the occasional desert rainfalls are very light and incapable of any serious erosion.Although the increase in rainfall would aid irrigation, it would add to the problems of soil erosion and nutrient leaching.Except in regions of very low rainfall April should be regarded as the safest month for sowing herbage seeds.Below-normal rainfall has led to a major water shortage.From remote rural areas came evidence of continuing decline because of increased acidity of rainfall.We drove through pastures big enough to have their own rainfall pattern.Most other areas in the county reported rainfall of a quarter-inch to a half-inch.
rain·fall nounChineseSyllable
on an Corpus falls amount that of the rain


rainfall
rainfall /ˈreɪnfɔːl $ -fɒːl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
the amount of rain that falls on an area in a particular period of time:
    We’ve had a long period of low rainfall.
    The city has received only half its average rainfall of four inches.


rain·fallBrE /ˈreɪnfɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈreɪnfɔːl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] the total amount of rain that falls in a particular area in a particular amount of time; an occasion when rain falls 降雨量;下雨There has been below average rainfall this month. 这个月的降雨低于平均降雨量。🔊🔊an average annual rainfall of 10 cm10 厘米的年平均降雨量

arid, climate, continental climate, equatorial, frigid, harsh, humidity, rainfall, tropical, zone