■ rain

“冒雨”是 in the rain 或 under the rain（注意，尽管这场雨前面没有提到过，是新知信息，但还是要用 the）。这是因为 the rain 在这里是泛指的。但是如果对 rain 有特别的修饰，第一次提及时就要用 a 而不用 the，例如：

• They were traveling under a heavy rain.

如果再次提及，就可以说：

• They were traveling under the heavy rain.

• no more...than
• none
• no-nonsense
• north
• northern
• north of
• north 与 northern
• not
• not
• not
• not...because
• no thanks
• nothing
• nothing if not
• notice
• not only but
• not only...but
• not only but also
• not so much as
• not so much...as
• not so much as... 与 not so much... as...
• not to
• not to inf. 与 to not inf.
• not to say
• not without