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Rainy season

發佈時間: 2022/05/18

Rainy season

香港每年大概8成的降雨量都發生在雨季(rainy season)5月至9月之間,天氣又熱又濕。

形容詞rainy解「多雨的」。例如,There are lots of rainy days in the summer in Hong Kong.(香港的夏季有很多雨天。)

It was very rainy throughout the trip and we struggled to get good photographs.(整個旅途都下雨,我們很難拍到好照片。)

中文會說「未雨綢繆」,將錢存起來,以備不時之需。英文也有類似的說法--save/keep money for a rainy day。譬如,Let's not buy it; it's too expensive and we need to save some money for a rainy day.(我們不要買它吧,太貴了,而且我們需要儲起一些錢以備不時之需。)

「雨季」除了可以稱為the rainy season,也可以稱為the wet season或者the rains。留意,名詞rain用作解「雨」或者「雨水」是不可數的,但是the rains則一定以-s結尾。例句︰The farmers are the first and worst hit when the rains fail.(如果無雨,農民會首先受到打擊,也是最嚴重的。)

The rains have started late this year.(今年的雨季遲來了。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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