高中英语续写素材-雨

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric wat er vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major compon ent of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.

from wikipedia

雨是液态水，是由大气中的水蒸气凝结而成的水滴，然后在重力作用下变得足够重而下降。雨水是水循环的主要组成部分，是地球上大部分淡水沉积的原因。“雨”一词在文学作品中广泛使用，如“好雨知时节，当春乃发生。随风潜入夜，润物细无声（杜甫）”，如“回首向来萧瑟处，归去，也无风雨也无晴（苏轼）”。英语文学中，“rain”一词使用频率较高，在短篇小说语料中，其使用频次为万分之69.4。作为读后续写自然环境描写的学习素材，具有一定的价值，而在英语文学中，其是如何被使用的呢？

今天的工作坊，我们检索“rain”词符相关的搭配词及共文语境，在收集到的英语文学名著中，统计并抓取前后5个词汇范围的cotext共文中出现频率较高的搭配词。一起来观察英语文学中对于“rain”一词的搭配描写。

“rain”搭配词及共文微型语料库

1.[collocation]rain clouds [source]Adventure of Huckberry Finn [cotext]After a long t ime the rain let up, but the clouds stayed, and the lightning kept whimpering, and by a nd by a flash showed us a black thing ahead, floating, and we made for it. [百度翻译]过了很长时间，雨停了，但是云层停了下来，闪电不停地呜咽着，一瞬间，我们看到前面有一个黑色的东西，漂浮着，我们朝它走去。

2.[collocation]rain clouds [source]Jane Eyre [cotext]We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when th ere was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so s ombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the qu estion. [百度翻译]我们确实在一个小时的早晨，在没有叶子的灌木丛里徘徊；但是自从晚饭以后（里德太太，没有人陪，很早就吃过饭），寒冬的风带来了阴沉的云层和刺骨的雨，所以现在不可能再进行户外活动了。

小结：rain与cloud共文出现，属于正常自然现象，云雨初停

“the rain let up, but the clouds stayed”，寒风冷雨

“clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating”。

3.[collocation]rain dark [source]Gone With The Wind [cotext]Tony came in the dark a nd the lashing rain and in a few minutes he was gone back into the night forever, but i n the brief interval between he raised the curtain >百度翻译]托尼在黑暗中冒着瓢泼大雨，几分钟后他就永远回到了黑夜中，但在这短暂的时间间隔里，他掀起了一幕新的恐怖场面，她感到绝望的帷幕再也降不下来了。

4.[collocation]rain dark [source]Jane Eyre [cotext]I lingered; the moon shut herself w holly within her chamber, and drew close her curtain of dense cloud: the night grew d ark; rain came driving fast >百度翻译]我徘徊不去，月亮把自己完全关在自己的房间里，拉上了密云的帘子，夜色渐暗，雨在大风中飞来飞去。

小结：山雨欲来风满楼，黑云压城城欲摧。雨势大时，天色暗黑。在天暗阴雨中行走“come in the dark and the lashing rain”，山雨欲来、黑夜降之

“the night grew dark; rain came driving fast >”。

5.[collocation]rain grey [source]Sons and Lovers [cotext]He stood >百度翻译]他站在坑边上，望着田野，下着灰蒙蒙的雨。

6.[collocation]rain grey [source]The Remains of the Day [cotext]At the far end of the corridor, almost in front of the large window, at that moment filled with grey light and rain, my father's figure could be seen frozen in a posture that suggested he was taking part in some ceremonial ritual. [百度翻译]在走廊的尽头，几乎就在大窗户前，那一刻，满是灰蒙蒙的光和雨，可以看到我父亲的身影僵硬在一种姿势，暗示他正

在参加某种仪式。

小结：蒙蒙细雨“grey rain”。

7.[collocation]rain poured [source]Great Gatsby [cotext]The rain poured down his thi ck glasses and he took them off and wiped them to see the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby's grave. [百度翻译]雨倾盆而下，他摘下厚厚的眼镜，擦了擦，看到盖茨比墓前展开的保护帆布。

8.[collocation]rain poured [source]Ulysses [cotext]A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons. [百度翻译]一场暴雨从愤怒的天空的闸门倾泻而下，倾泻在聚集在一起的群众的赤裸的头上，他们的人数最少时有五十万人。

小结：瓢泼大雨“rain pour down”。

9.[collocation]rain steadily [source]The Remains of the Day [cotext]Outside, the rain i s falling steadily. [百度翻译]外面，雨一直下着。

10.[collocation]rain steadily [source]The Remains of the Day [cotext]And that was ho w Miss Kenton and I talked for the next two hours or so, there in the ,pool of grey ligh t while the rain continued to fall steadily >百度翻译]接下来的两个小时里，肯顿小姐和我就这样在灰暗的灯光下交谈，外面的广场上继续下着瓢泼大雨。

小结：雨一直下“rain fall steadily”。

11.[collocation]rain storm [source]Jane Eyre [cotext]Afar, it offered a pale blank of m ist and cloud; near a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain swee ping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast. [百度翻译]远处，一片薄雾和云彩；在一片潮湿的草坪和被暴风雨袭击的灌木丛附近，不停的雨水在一场漫长而可悲的爆炸前狂扫而去。

12.[collocation]rain storm [source]Sons and Lovers [cotext]They buried her in a furio us storm of rain and wind. [百度翻译]他们把她埋在狂风暴雨中。

小结：被暴雨侵袭的“storm-beat ”，雨淅沥不断“with ceaseless rain”，狂风暴雨“a furious storm of rain.”

13.[collocation]rain thunder [source]Adventure of Huckberry Finn [cotext]The fifth ni ght below St. Louis we had a big storm after midnight, with a power of thunder and li ghtning, and the rain poured down in a solid sheet. [百度翻译]圣路易斯下面的第五个晚上，我们在午夜后下了一场大风暴，雷电交加，雨倾盆而下，形成了一片坚实的薄膜。

14.[collocation]rain thunder [source]Gone With The Wind [cotext]As she stood, looki ng out of the window, there came to her ears a far-off sound, faint and sullen as the fir st distant thunder of an approaching storm."Rain," she thought in the first moment.[百度翻译]她站在那里，望着窗外，听到了一个遥远的声音，微弱而阴沉，就像暴风雨来临时的第一声遥远的雷声。“雨，”她在第一时间想。

小结：雷电交加，大雨倾盆

“a big storm with a power of thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in a soli d sheet”。闷雷一般的声响

“a far-off sound, faint and sullen as the thunder of an approaching storm”。

15.[collocation]rain wet [source]Gone With The Wind [cotext]The night before had be en wild and wet with rain, but when Scarlett arrived in Atlanta a warm sun was at wor k, bravely attempting to dry the streets that were winding rivers of red mud. [百度翻译]前天晚上，雨下得又大又湿，但思嘉到了亚特兰大，一轮温暖的太阳正在照耀着她，她勇敢地试图把蜿蜒的红泥河弄干。

16.[collocation]rain wet [source]Sons and Lovers [cotext]They buried her in a furious storm of rain and wind.The wet clay glistened, all the white flowers were soaked. [百度翻译]他们把她埋在狂风暴雨中。潮湿的泥土闪闪发光，所有的白花都湿透了。

小结：雨下过之后，大地自然是潮湿的，rain与wet搭配也比较常见，如

“the night had been wild and wet with rain”夜晚被大雨浸湿了。雨过天晴，泥土发出亮灿灿的光芒，花朵被雨水浸润

“The wet clay glistened, all the white flowers were soaked.”。