sleet

sleet
noun
  1. [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
  1. [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
  1. Middle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) 'hail' and German Schlosse 'hailstone'
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