Learning basic English – The Weather and Neutral Word
March 26, 2019
Life is like a rainbow. You don’t always know what’s on the other side, but you know it’s there.
- It’s surprisingly + …
- It’s …. today.
- It’s gonna to be …
[It’s going be …] - It seems that … will continue into this Friday.
- sunny
- cloudy
- windy
- cold
- hot
- rainy
- drizzling
- stormy
- foggy
- snowy
Example
- It’s surprisingly warm and sunny today, isn’t?
- The sky is dark and stormy.
- it gonna to be rainy today!
- It’s too windy outside.
- It’s cold and you should cover up warmly.
- It’s scorching hot that we decide to do otherwise.
- Tomorrow will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
- It seems that the rain will continue into this Friday.
- The drizzle have just stopped and the sun is breaking through.
- We haven’t had a very snowy winter in Taiwan.
Sun
- Bright – The weather is bright and sunny.
- Blazing – The sun is blazing down this afternoon.
- Sunlight – I am dazzled by the sunlight.
- Sunshine – It is a cool day with fitful(斷斷續續的/短暫的) sunshine.
- The drizzle have just stopped and the sun is breaking through.
Rain
- Drizzling– It has been drizzling all day.
- Pouring – It was absolutely pouring with rain this morning
- Raining – It is raining cats and dogs.
- Lashing – The rain is lashing (鞭打) the windows.
Clouds
- Cloudy – It is so cloudy that the top of (the mountain/building) is invisible.
- Gloomy – It is a wet and gloomy day.
- Foggy – It was foggy and It’s a real pea-souper today
(The gloomy and foggy day make me feeling sleepy.) - Overcast – The sky is (soon) overcast.
- Clear – We have a clear sky today.
Fog
- Mist – The sun will evaporate the mist.
- Haze – The sun is surrounded by a golden haze.
- Dense fog – The airport was closed in by the dense fog.
- Patchy fog – Drizzle and patchy fog are forecast.
Snow
- Snowfall – There was very little snowfall last year.
- Sleet – The rain was turning to sleet.
(Sleet – Rain and snow mixed is precipitation) - Snowstorm – The snowstorm will last till tomorrow afternoon.
- Snowflake – A single snowflake landed on her nose.
- Blizzard – Tom arrived in the midst of a blizzard.
Wind
- Breeze – A cold breeze is blowing hard.
- Blustery – The day is cold and blustery.
- Windy – It is windy and Peter feels cold.
- Windstorm – The sea is choppy today because of the windstorm.
- Hurricane – A hurricane hit the city yesterday.
