​Rain cats and dogs（滂沱大雨）的意思及英语口语训练

Rain cats and dogs（滂沱大雨）的意思及英语口语训练

Rain cats and dogs(滂沱大雨)的意思及英语口语训练

说到“下雨”，我们会说：

It's raining.

说到“下大雨”呢？我们会说：

It's raining hard, or it's raining heavily.

说到“倾盆大雨”，“滂沱大雨”呢？还是It's raining hard, or it's raining heavily.

还有吗？

It's raining cats and dogs.

什么意思啊？

英语口语：

Well, when we say It's raining cats and dogs, we mean：

It is raining extremely heavily. Or：

It is raining very heavily/raining hard.

It's raining cats and dogs也可以说成：It's raining buckets(下水桶).

Example：

Why aren't you wearing a raincoat and go out? It is raining cats and dogs?.

外面下雨不听，为何不穿雨衣？

还想用英语跟人聊聊为什么“下大雨”变成Rain cats and dogs吗？

One explanation for saying To rain cats and dogs for To rain very heavily is that：

Cats were supposed to have an influence over the weather, while dogs were the signal of storms.

猫会影响天气，而狗狗也是风暴的信号。

就当是为练口语的“谈资”吧。

注意，cat and dog要用复数：cats and dogs.