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1 rainfall
noun (the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time: We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall.) nokrišņi* * *nokrišņu daudzums; lietusgāze -
2 average rainfall
vidējais nokrišņu daudzums -
3 mean yearly rainfall
gada vidējais nokrišņu daudzums -
4 corresponding
adjective (similar, matching: The rainfall this month is not as high as for the corresponding month last year.) atbilstošs* * *atbilstošs; korespondējošs -
5 marsh
((an area of) soft wet land: The heavy rainfall turned the land into a marsh.) purvs- marshy- marshiness* * *dumbrājs, purvs -
6 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skops2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) zemisks; negodīgs3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) nejauks; niķīgs4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) nabadzīgs; pieticīgs•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) vidējais2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) vidējais2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) vidusIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) nozīmēt2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) gribēt; būt nodomājušam; būt domātam•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) zīmīgs, izteiksmīgs- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *vidus; vidējais skaitlis; nozīmēt; būt nodomājušam; iecerēt, paredzēt; vidējais, vidus; viduvējs; nabadzīgs; sīkumains, skops; negodīgs, zemisks; niķīgs; mulstošs -
7 meter
['mi:tə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring, especially quantities of electricity, gas, water etc: If you want to know how much electricity you have used you will have to look at the meter.) skaitītājs; mērītājs2) ((American) see metre1, metre2.)2. verb(to measure (especially electricity etc) by using a meter: This instrument meters rainfall.) mērīt* * *mērītājs, skaitītājs; svērējs, mērītājs; mērīt -
8 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) lietus2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) lietus; krusa2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) līt2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) birt•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *lietus; birums; plūdi; krusa; līt; birt; apbērt -
9 rain-gauge
См. также в других словарях:
Rainfall — Rain fall (r[=a]n f[add]l ), n. A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region. [1913 Webster] Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul and Singaleleh.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rainfall — Rainfall, italienischer Wein, s. Prosecco … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
rainfall — (n.) 1850, from RAIN (Cf. rain) (n.) + FALL (Cf. fall) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
rainfall — ► NOUN 1) the fall of rain. 2) the quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time … English terms dictionary
rainfall — [rān′fôl΄] n. 1. a falling of rain; shower 2. the amount of precipitation falling over a given area in a given period of time: it is stated in terms of the depth of water that has fallen into a rain gauge … English World dictionary
rainfall — n. 1) to measure rainfall 2) annual, yearly; average; heavy; light; measurable; normal rainfall * * * [ reɪnfɔːl] average heavy light measurable normal rainfall yearly annual to measure rainfall … Combinatory dictionary
rainfall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abundant, excessive, heavy, high ▪ There have been heavy rainfalls this month. ▪ low ▪ moderate … Collocations dictionary
rainfall — UK [ˈreɪnˌfɔːl] / US [ˈreɪnˌfɔl] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms rainfall : singular rainfall plural rainfalls the amount of rain that falls in a particular area during a particular period of time Annual rainfall was lower last year than… … English dictionary
rainfall — rain|fall [ˈreınfo:l US fo:l] n [U and C] the amount of rain that falls on an area in a particular period of time ▪ We ve had a long period of low rainfall. ▪ The city has received only half its average rainfall of four inches … Dictionary of contemporary English
rainfall — [[t]re͟ɪnfɔːl[/t]] rainfalls N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Rainfall is the amount of rain that falls in a place during a particular period. There have been four years of below average rainfall … English dictionary
rainfall — /rayn fawl /, n. 1. a fall or shower of rain. 2. the amount of water falling in rain, snow, etc., within a given time and area, usually expressed as a hypothetical depth of coverage: a rainfall of 70 inches a year. [1840 50; RAIN + FALL] * * * … Universalium
