hail

verb

/heɪl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they hail	/heɪl/ /heɪl/
he / she / it hails	/heɪlz/ /heɪlz/
past simple hailed	/heɪld/ /heɪld/
past participle hailed	/heɪld/ /heɪld/
-ing form hailing	/ˈheɪlɪŋ/ /ˈheɪlɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive, usually passive] to describe somebody/something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc.赞扬（或称颂）…为（尤用于报章等）
- be hailed (as) something The conference was hailed as a great success.会议被称颂为一次巨大的成功。
- The expedition was widely hailed as a success.这次探险被广泛认为是成功的。
- Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.因救起一名溺水儿童，少年马特 · 布朗被誉为英雄。
- hail somebody/something as something Union leaders hailed the socialists’ victory as a huge step forward.工会领袖们将社会党人的胜利称为一个巨大的进步。
[transitive] hail something to signal to a taxi or a bus, in order to get the driver to stop招手叫（出租车或公共汽车）
- to hail a taxi/cab打手势叫出租车
Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
[transitive] hail somebody (literary) to call to somebody in order to say hello to them or attract their attention跟…打招呼；向…喊
- A voice hailed us from the other side of the street.街对面有个声音招呼我们。
- We soon came within hailing distance of (= fairly close to) the others.我们很快就来到了离其他人不远的地方。
[intransitive] when it hails, small balls of ice fall like rain from the sky下雹
- It's hailing!正下着冰雹！
Topics Weatherc2

词源verb sense 4 Old English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel. verb senses 1 to 3 Middle English: from the obsolete adjective hail ‘healthy’ (occurring in greetings and toasts, such as wæs hæil: see wassail), from Old Norse heill, related to hale and whole.

hail

noun

/heɪl/

[uncountable] small balls of ice that fall like rain雹；冰雹
- We drove through hail and snow.我们顶着冰雹和大雪开车。
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- avalanche
- blizzard
- drift
- flurry
- hail
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snow
- thaw
- The hail melted once the sun came out.太阳一出来冰雹就化了。
- We got caught in the hail.我们遇上了下冰雹。
- It's hailing!正下着冰雹！
- Rain and hail pounded on the tiled roof.雨和冰雹不停地击打着铺了瓦的屋顶。
Topics Weatherc2
Collocations Dictionary
hail + verb
- fall
- melt
hail + noun
- stone
- storm
preposition
- in (the) hail
- through (the) hail
[singular] a hail of something a large number or amount of something that is aimed at somebody in order to harm them一阵像冰雹般袭来的事物；雹子般的一阵
- a hail of arrows/bullets一阵乱箭／弹雨
- a hail of abuse一顿痛骂
- A passer-by was caught in the hail of bullets.一个过路人身陷弹雨之中。
- The attempt to bring in new legislation was met by a hail of criticism.订立新法规的提议遭到了猛烈的批评。

词源noun Old English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel.