Know the English vocabulary words for Weather
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Vocabulary |
Expalantion |
Example |
A blanket of snow |
A complete covering of snow. |
This morning we discovered a blanked of snow in the garden. |
A blizzard |
A snowstorm. |
The blizzard caught us by surprise. |
A cloud/cloudy |
Vapour in sky. |
All these clouds in the sky are quite frightening. |
A cold spell |
A short period of cold weather. |
We’re going through a cold spell. |
A cool breeze |
A pleasant, cooling, light wind. |
How pleasant is the cool breeze. |
A dearth |
A scarcity or lack of something. |
The dearth of rain makes it difficult for farmers. |
A downpour |
A heavy, drenching rain. |
They were in the middle of the downpour. |
A drizzle/ it’s drizzling |
Light rain/ it’s rainling lightly. |
It’s only a drizzle, you shouldn’t worry. |
A drop of rain |
A little bit of rain. |
There was not even a single drop of rain. |
A drought |
No rain. |
What a drought! |
A flash flood |
A sudden and severe flood. |
The flash flood caught them by surprise. |
A flood |
Too much water. |
The flood took away our house. |
A fog/foggy |
Heavy mist. |
It’s so foggy that we have to slow down on the road. |
A frost bite |
An injury to body tissues caused by exposure to extreme cold. |
The frost bite chilled my toes. |
A gale |
A strong wind, windstorm. |
That was a gale! |
A hailstone |
A nugget of ice. |
The hailstones were so big! |
A heatstroke |
A serious condition caused by being too long in hot weather. |
Staying too much in the sun gave her a heatstroke. |
A heatwave |
A period of very hot weather. |
The heatwave is unbearble this year! |
A heavy rain |
Intense rainfall. |
There’s heavy rain so I can’t walk back home. |
A hurricane |
A storm. |
The hurricane caught everything on its way. |
A lightening |
Light in the sky usually when there’s thunder. |
Many people are scared of lightenings. |
A mild climate |
A climate without extreme weather conditions. |
In Europe we tend to benefit from a mild climate. |
A mist/misty |
Very light rain. |
The mist is not to unpleasant. |
A muddy swamp |
An area of waterlogged boggy land. |
Because of the rain, it became a muddy swamp. |
A puddle |
A small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground. |
Kids love jumping into puddles. |
A rainbow |
An arc of colour usually when it rains with the sun. |
Rainbows are loved by everyone. |
A shattering storm |
A desvastating storm. |
The shattering storm damaged all the houses. |
A shower |
Light rainfall. |
Is it heavy rain or only showers? |
A sleet/to sleet |
Wet snowfall,frozen rain. |
It is sleeting. |
A smog |
Mix of smoke and fog. |
Pollution caused smog. |
A solarium |
A place with tanning beds. |
In this swimming pool, there have solariums. |
A sunray |
A ray of sunshine. |
I love feeling the sunrays on my face. |
A sunset/the sun is setting |
When the sun is going down. |
It’s so romantic to watch sunsets. |
A thick fog |
A dense fog that makes visibility very poor. |
The thick fog prevented us from seeing anything. |
A tornado | A strong vortex of rotating winds. | The tornado sucked up the house and put it down a few miles away. |
A tropical storm |
A storm typical of ones that you find in tropical climates. |
There are tropical storms on the island. |
Air conditioning |
A system that cools the air. |
We use the air conditioning during the heatwave. |
Bitter/ bitterly cold |
Very cold and unpleasant. |
It is bitterly cold these days. |
Boiling hot |
Very hot (informal). |
It’s boiling hot in this building. |
Chilly |
Cold. |
It’s chilly out there. |
Dawn |
Earliest time of day. |
I love watching the sky at dawn. |
Dusk |
Twilight. |
The light is so particular at dusk. |
Frost |
Ice. |
I don’t like getting rid of the frost on my car in the morning. |
Gloomy weather |
Dark or overcast weather. |
The gloomy weather is depressing. |
Hail/to hail |
Precipitation, nugget of ice. |
It’s hailing so be careful. |
It’s freezing (cold) |
It’s extremely cold. |
It’s frezzing outside, you’ll need a turtle neck and a jumper. |
It’s raining cats and dogs |
There is heavy rain and wind. |
I am soaking wet because it is raining cats and dogs. |
Long-range forecast |
The weather forecast for several days or weeks ahead. |
We are focus on the lang(range forecast to book our holiday. |
Overcast |
More than 95 percent covered by clouds. |
The overcast sky is saddening. |
Rain/Rainy/It’s raining |
With rain. |
It’s a rainy day today unfortunately. |
Scorching |
Extremely hot. |
It’s scorching hot in this room. |
Snow/snowy/it’s snowing |
Ice crystal precipitation. |
Children love it when it snows. |
Sunny |
With sun. |
What a sunny day today! |
Sunny spells |
Short periods of sunny weather. |
The sunny spells are very nice. |
The dew |
Condensation. |
Cut the flowers before the dew or they will be burnt by the sun. |
The monsoon |
The rainy season. |
In India the monsoon strikes every year. |
The sun comes out |
When the sun appears out of a cloudy sky. |
We love it when the sun comes out. |
The weather forecast |
A TV/radio programme or section in a newspaper/magazine which predicts weather conditions. |
Every day he watches the weather forecast. |
Thunder |
Noise of the lightening. |
Thunder can be quite scary. |
To be rained off |
To be cancelled or postponed due to poor weather. |
Our picnic was rained off. |
To clear up |
When clouds or rain disappear. |
The sky was cleared up thanks to the rain. |
To dress up warm |
To wear warm clothes to protect yourself against wintry conditions. |
My mum advised me to dress up warm. |
To get caught in the rain |
To be outside when it rains unexpectedly. |
Unfortunately he got caught in the rain. |
To get drenched |
To get very wet. |
They got drenched because of the torrential rain. |
To go below zero |
To have a temperature which is minus something. |
In Chicago, temperatures easily go below zero in the winter. |
To pour down |
To rain heavily. |
It was pouring down this afternoon. |
To retain heat |
To keep heat. |
New materials can retain heat. |
Torrential rain |
Raining extremely hard. |
They got drenched because of the torrential rain. |
Wind is blowing |
The air is moving and being felt. |
Don’t stay out too long, a strong wind is blowing. |