hail
hail1
noun
hail2
verb
within hail
hailer
noun
语源
noun
- [mass noun]pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
雹，冰雹
■[in sing.]a large number of things hurled forcefully through the air, especially with intent to harm
（尤指意在造成伤害的雹子般的）一阵
a hail of bullets.
一阵弹雨。
- [no obj.](it hails, it is hailing 等)hail falls
下雹，下冰雹
it hailed so hard we had to stop.
冰雹下得很猛，我们只好停下来。
- Old English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel
hail2
verb
- [with obj.]call out to (someone) to attract attention
招呼（某人）
I hailed her in English.
我用英语招呼她。
■signal (an approaching taxi) to stop
示意（出租车）停下 - [with obj.](常作 be hailed)acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing
热情认可
he has been hailed as the new James Dean.
他被大家热情地称为新的詹姆斯•迪恩。 - [no obj.](hail from)have one's home or origins in (a place)
来自（某地）
they hail from Turkey.
他们来自土耳其。
- (archaic)expressing greeting or acclaim
(古)［表示问候或欢呼］欢迎；好啊
hail, Caesar!.
恺撒万岁！。
- a shout or call used to attract attention
招呼，高呼
within hail
- at a distance within which someone may be called to; within earshot
在招呼得到的地方；在听得见的地方
hailer
noun
语源
- 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
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