“暴雨”英文表達(dá)

請(qǐng)看報(bào)道： An airport spokesman said the torrential downpour caused 144 flights to be canceled and 93 flights delayed for more than an hour at the Beijing Capital International Airport by 9 pm Thursday. 首都國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)一位發(fā)言人稱(chēng)，截至上周四晚9點(diǎn)，這場(chǎng)傾盆大雨導(dǎo)致144架航班被取消，93架航班延誤超過(guò)一小時(shí)。 文中的torrential downpour就是“傾盆大雨”，類(lèi)似的說(shuō)法還有drenching downpour、come down in bucket/sheets、rainstorm、cloudburst、a deluge (of rain)等等。暴雨來(lái)臨前，北京市氣象臺(tái)發(fā)布了blue rainstorm warning（ 暴雨藍(lán)色預(yù)警 ）。 關(guān)于大暴雨，還有一種非常形象的'說(shuō)法，就是rain cats and dogs。關(guān)于這一習(xí)語(yǔ)的起源有這樣一種解釋?zhuān)篋uring heavy rains in 17th century England, some city streets became raging rivers of filth carrying many cats and dogs.（17世紀(jì)的英格蘭在下大雨的時(shí)候，一些城市的街道就會(huì)水流成河，而且這些污水中還會(huì)飄浮著大量的死貓死狗。） 傳說(shuō)諾亞建好方舟后，八個(gè)人被帶到船上。God shut the door and then the heavens opened and outpoured.（神關(guān)上了方舟之門(mén)，然后天開(kāi)了，暴雨嘩嘩臨降。）因此我們現(xiàn)在也用the heavens opened來(lái)形容下暴雨了，比如：We were waiting at the bus stop when the heavens opened.