[mass noun]rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls 雨夹雪,冻雨 ■(US)a thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on coming into contact with a cold surface (美)雨凇(指雨雪冻结在物体低温表面所形成的薄冰层)
verb
[no obj.](it sleets, it is sleeting,等)sleet falls 雨夹雪 it was sleeting so hard we could barely see. 雨夹雪下得很大,我们几乎看不见东西。
派生 sleety adjective 语源
Middle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) 'hail' and German Schlosse 'hailstone'