Weather & Nature

Talking about rain, sunshine, and the great outdoors

简介

英国人对天气的痴迷是出了名的——而且理由充分。在一个一天之内能体验四季的国家，聊天气既是实际需要，也是社交仪式。“Lovely day, isn't it?（天不错啊）”不只是随口一说，而是一种拉近距离的方式。

每个英语国家都和天气有着独特的关系。澳大利亚人发明了一堆描述热到不行的词，英国人看了绝对一头雾水。爱尔兰人对雨有一种认命般的诗意表达。龙卷风带的美国人有一套生存词汇。

这一章我们来看看不同英语变体中描述天气和自然的语言——从英国的毛毛细雨到澳大利亚的酷暑难耐，从爱尔兰的“soft day”到美国的暴风雪。

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本章全部英语俚语（63）

• Raining cats and dogs Raining very heavily
• Stifling Oppressively hot and airless
• Nippy Cold and biting (British)
• Parky Cold (British)
• Brass monkeys Extremely cold (British)
• Lovely day A pleasant day (British weather chat)
• Nice weather for ducks Rainy weather (British humour)
• Soft day A mild, drizzly day (Irish)
• Blustery Very windy with gusts
• Overcast Covered in clouds
• Crisp Cold, fresh, and clear
• Sunny spell A short period of sunshine
• Clearing up Weather improving, clouds moving away
• Turning Weather changing (British)
• Pelting Rain falling hard
• Bitter Very cold (biting cold)
• Balmy Pleasantly warm
• Scorching Extremely hot
• Freezing Very cold
• Thaw Warming up, ice/snow melting
• Blowing a gale Extremely windy
• Hotting up Getting hotter (British)
• Mild Pleasantly warm, not extreme
• Dreich Grey, damp, dreary (Scottish)
• Heatwave A period of unusually hot weather
• Cold snap A sudden period of cold weather
• Pea-souper A very thick fog, especially a yellowish smog.
• Bright and breezy Pleasant weather with sunshine and a light wind; also describes a cheerful, l...
• Coming down in stair-rods Raining extremely heavily, with rain falling in thick, straight lines.
• A bit fresh British understatement meaning it's quite cold.
• Chucking It Down Raining heavily.
• Bucketing Down Raining very heavily.
• Tipping Down Raining heavily.
• Lashing Down Raining heavily and driving.
• Spitting Light rain, drizzle.
• Drizzle Light, fine rain.
• Scorcher A very hot day.
• Roasting Very hot.
• Sweltering Uncomfortably hot and humid.
• Muggy Warm and humid.
• Close Humid and stuffy.
• Biting Cold Extremely cold.
• Bitter Cold Extremely cold and unpleasant.
• Blowing a Hoolie Extremely windy.
• Clouding Over Becoming cloudy.
• Brightening Up Clearing, becoming sunny.
• Glorious Beautiful weather.
• Gorgeous Weather Beautiful weather.
• Changeable Weather that keeps changing.
• Unsettled Unpredictable, potentially rainy weather.
• Turned Out Nice The weather improved.
• Four Seasons in One Day Rapidly changing weather.
• Dreary Dull, grey, depressing weather.
• Dismal Gloomy, depressing weather.
• Miserable Unpleasant, depressing weather.
• Foul Very bad weather.
• Seasonal Normal for the time of year.
• Indian Summer Warm weather in autumn.
• Wintry Cold, with potential snow.
• throwing it down raining heavily
• not a single flake no snow at all
• white Christmas Christmas with snow
• spell period of particular weather