postpone or call off on account of rain(said of a football game or any other outdoor activity)(usn. used in passive voice)因雨而推遲或停止舉行(通常指足球或其它戶外活動,常用被動語態)
The baseball game that we had planned to watch on TV was rained out. 棒球賽因雨而取消,我們就看不成電視實況轉播了。
We didn't know that the outdoor hockey match had been rained out and so we had to drive back home without seeing it. 我們不知道那場室外曲棍球賽因雨而取消,所以只好開車回家沒看成。