RAINとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 reyn, rein, from 古期英語 reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match.

別の表記

• rayne, raygne (obsolete)

名詞

rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)

1. (meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.

   We've been having a lot of rain lately.

   The rains came late that year.

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.

2. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
3. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

   A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

使用する際の注意点

• shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:hydrometeor

派生語

• Also see terms derived from the verb

派生した語

• Sranan Tongo: alen

語源 2

From 中期英語 reinen, from 古期英語 reġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *regnōn, from Proto-Germanic *regnōną, from *regną (“rain”), as above.

動詞

rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)

1. (impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.

   Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall as or like rain.

   Tears rained from her eyes.

   Leaves rained from the tree.

   Bombs rained from the sky.

   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     The rain it raineth every day.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To issue (something) in large quantities.

   The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

Conjugation

派生語

• Also see terms derived from the noun

参考

• drizzle
• hail
• mizzle
• precipitation
• serein
• shower
• sleet
• snow
• storm
• Rain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

語源 3

動詞

rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)

1. Obsolete form of reign.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Such wondrous science in mans witt to rain.

アナグラム

• Rina, rani, Irân, Nair, ARNI, Îrân, arni, NIRA, Iran, Īrān, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Rani, Irān, Arin