每天帮你解析英语词语（二十四）
266. “暴雨”
因为各地暴雨，才引来了洪水滔滔。有一个俚语rain cats and dogs就是指下大雨，如果说暴雨，有好几个比较书面的词，今天认识一个。
大草原答案：
torrential rain
关键词就是torrential，它是形容词，意思是“倾泻的、如注的”。它最经常的搭配是“torrential rain”，也有搭配“torrential downpour”，都是指“大暴雨”的意思。
【释义】
Torrential rain pours down very rapidly and in great quantities.
【例子】
1. Flood records were broken in the Georgia 2009 floods as the torrential rains saturated Atlanta and the surrounding regions.
注意，这个句子里的rain用的复数rains
2. Perhaps a torrential downpour in the midst of the show will only add to the excitement.
3. A few people take one look and decide to go home becau there is no way they can play in such a torrential downpour.
【补充】
还有一个词也是“暴雨”的意思：deluge，这个词与torrential不一样，它本身是个名词，不需要再搭配“Rain”了。
A deluge is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
267. “鸡皮疙瘩”
皮渣怎么做好吃
英文里也有“鸡皮疙瘩”对应的词，而且是和禽类有关，不过他们是“鹅皮疙瘩”，即goo bumps. 用法是sb. get goo bumps，注意一般用复数形式。You get goo bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.但是，今天要认识的这个词和禽类无关，但是也和一个动物有些关联。
答案：
hive (a hive or hives)
【释义】
pen怎么读Hives is a condition in which patches of your skin become red and very uncomfortable and itchy.
hive可以指蜂房、蜂箱，想想被蜜蜂蛰了是什么后果。
【例子】
1. Find out more about what caus hives and the treatment of hives.
2. This conversation is giving me a hive.
【补充】
hives也指“荨麻疹”
Review common triggers for hives in children, including foods, medications, and other less common caus.
268. “（把计划/文件）充实、具体化”
大四学生都需要写毕业论文。首先需要写一个框架，让老师过目，老师觉得选题和思路可以，你就需要大量添加内容，使论文充实、具体。
答案：
flesh out
【释义】
If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it.
这个词的字面意思说明了一切：（使之）有血有肉截图是哪个键
【例子】
1. The outline looks pretty good to me. Now take it back and flesh it out with the budget figures and the delivery dates and well look at it again to e if its good enough.
【补充】
substantiate
flesh out是指将一个框架式的东西添加更多的信息和细节，使之具体化。而这个substantiate也似乎带点“充实”的意思，但substantiate的核心意思是“证实、证明”，即用事实、细节、信息来证明某个观点、声明。
【substantiate的定义】
To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true.
内部监督【substantiate的例子】
1. If you were asked (by the IRS, for example) to substantiate your business the amount and the sources of your income, could you do it?
2. If you are audited, you must be able to show your business income and prove you are recording all income received. Keeping the records will help you substantiate income.
问题是，substantiate与其他有“证明”意思的英文单词的区别在哪里？比如prove, testify, verify. 暂时无法回答，但是要先记住substantiate是以“事实”来证明。
269. “与（某人）取得联系、找（某人）”
除了contact这个词外，今天认识的是一个短语/俚语，非常口语话。
【答案】共享产品
幼儿课程
get ahold of sb.
【释义】
贾护
to communicate with someone
【例子】
1. Im trying to get ahold of everyone to tell them the party is at 9 tomorrow.
2. You might ask how you can get a hold of the doctor or his nur if you have a medical question.
