cloudburst
/ˈklaʊdbɜːst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈklaʊdbɜːrst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈklau̇d-ˌbərst/ (ame, mw)
cloudburst — 名詞
- cloudburstsingular
- cloudburstsplural
1. an intense burst of rain that begins without warning and lasts only a short time
暴雨；驟雨
突然落下、短時間內極大的雨
an intense burst of rain that begins without warning and lasts only a short time, often dropping enough water in minutes to flood streets and gardens.
Diya was halfway up the mountain trail when a cloudburst soaked her through to the skin.
Diya 才爬到登山步道的一半，就被一場暴雨淋得全身濕透。
countable singular: 'a cloudburst' as a one-off weather event
A sudden cloudburst over Taipei turned the night market into ankle-deep puddles within five minutes.
一陣驟雨突然襲擊台北，五分鐘內就把夜市淹成腳踝深的水窪。
collocation: sudden cloudburst + result clause showing the rapid impact
Farmers near Joaquín's village welcomed the cloudburst after weeks of dry, cracked fields.
在 Joaquín 村子附近的農夫，在乾裂的田地連續好幾週後，欣然迎接這場暴雨。
The cloudburst caught Adaeze and her younger brother without raincoats on the walk home from school.
這場驟雨讓 Adaeze 和她弟弟在放學回家的路上沒有雨衣可穿。
Roads in the valley were washed out by a cloudburst that dropped two months of rain in one afternoon.
山谷裡的道路被一場暴雨沖毀，那場雨在一個下午就下了相當於兩個月的雨量。
- drizzle
very light, fine rain that may continue for a long time
文法句型
a cloudburst
the cloudburst
用法筆記
Subject of weather verbs (hit, strike, drench, flood) or object of 'caught in / soaked by'. Stronger than a 'shower' (light, brief) but shorter and more localised than a 'storm' (which implies wind and longer duration).