"cloudbursts" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 暴雨
• 云爆

Definition

突然且猛烈的暴雨，通常持续时间很短。由于雨量太大，可能会在短时间内引发洪水。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

书面用语，科技、新闻报道中常见。只指短时间内突发性的大暴雨，不用于形容小雨或持续性降雨。

Examples

Cloudbursts can cause sudden floods in cities.

**暴雨**可能会导致城市突发洪水。

Farmers worry when cloudbursts destroy their crops.

农民们担心**暴雨**会毁掉他们的庄稼。

Scientists study how cloudbursts form in the mountains.

科学家们研究**云爆**是如何在山上形成的。

We had to pull over because the cloudbursts made it impossible to see the road.

我们不得不靠边停车，因为**暴雨**让道路看不清了。

Last summer, several cloudbursts hit the valley, flooding many homes.

去年夏天，多次**暴雨**袭击山谷，淹没了许多房屋。

Tourists weren’t prepared for the sudden cloudbursts during their hike.

游客们对于徒步时突发的**暴雨**毫无准备。