| 单词 | to rain off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rain off to rain off transitive (in passive). Of an outdoor event (esp. a sporting match): to be cancelled or abandoned because of rain. Cf. to rain out 2a at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > make revocation [verb (intransitive)] > become null > because of rain to rain out1896 to rain off1916 1916 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Herald 2 Sept. 5/4 All games rained off. 1942 T. Kitching Diary 26 May in Life & Death in Changi (1998) vi. 100 The doctor says that, if the cricket is rained off today, I should rest my leg; the exercise has done it no good. 1955 Times 24 May 10/2 An open-air meeting was rained off, but pickets patrolled the dock entrances carrying sandwich boards. 1964 Observer 12 Jan. 32/1 Rain check..is the receipt or counterfoil of a ticket taken for a baseball game which entitles you to see another match if the one you wanted to see is ‘rained off’. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xxii. 525 The match was rained off... Another date would be fixed. Stand by, they said. 2003 Diva Aug. 58 Here are a few of my favourite dishes, which can also quite easily be made indoors in the oven or in a chargrill pan should the BBQ be rained off! < as lemmas |
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