小雨：light rain
    After a light spring rain, leaves began to sprout from trees.
    下了一場小小的春雨後，樹木開始長出新芽。

    • drizzle v./n. (下)毛毛細雨；綿綿細雨

    Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle. 云壓了下來，開始下起了毛毛雨。

    • sprinkle v./n. (下)小雨

    It began to sprinkle in the afternoon. 下午就開始下起小雨了。

    大雨：heavy rain = It rains heavily.
    Hundreds of flights have been canceled since the heavy rain began three days ago.
    過去三天的大雨讓很多航班被取消了。
    表示“下大雨”常用句子：It’s (really) coming down.

    暴雨、傾盆大雨：

    • torrential rain 暴雨，瓢潑大雨

    Guangzhou was hit by torrential rain last night.
    廣州昨晚下起了暴雨。

    • downpour 暴雨，傾盆大雨

    I got caught in a downpour, and now I’m soaking wet.
    我趕上了一場暴雨，現在渾身都濕透了。

    • It’s pouring.

    Lookout the window! It’s pouring outside.
    快看窗外，簡直是傾盆大雨。

    • rain cats and dogs 俚語，現在外國人很少用了

    It’s raining cats and dogs out there.
    外面下起了大雨。

    雷陣雨：thundershower 常伴隨閃電雷鳴
    We were playing football when a thundershower occurred.
    當雷陣雨來襲時，我們正在踢足球。
    After the thundershower, we saw a rainbow in the sky.
    雷陣雨過後，我們在天空中看到彩虹。