But some time later it began to rain.
但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 27 A wet night
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
n. 雨;（热带地区的）雨季，雨天;雨点般降落的东西;<俚>电子流;
vt.& vi. （雨）降下，（使）降落;大量地给，（使）大量落下;
💡 润（谐音）：春 雨润物细无声
"By the looks of it, we shan't have much rain this month."
看样子这个月雨水也不会很多.
近义：shower, rainfall, pluvial
later
['letɚ]
adv. 较晚地;以后，过后;后来;随后;
adj. 后来的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
近义：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following
反义：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance