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单词 hail
释义
hail
noun
uk
/heɪl/us
/heɪl/
C2[U]
small, hardballsoficethatfallfrom theskylikerain
雹，冰雹
picture of hail
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a hail ofsomething
a lot ofsimilarthings orremarks,thrownorshoutedat someone at the sametime:
（同时抛向某人的）一阵
a hail ofbullets一阵弹雨
Theprimeministerwasgreetedwith a hail ofinsultsas shearrivedat theuniversity.首相来到大学时遭到一阵辱骂。
More examples
  • There will bewidespreadshowersofrain, hail andsleet.
  • Hail andsnowarecausingtreacherousdrivingconditions, andmotoristsarewarnedtodriveslowly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: snow & ice
  • anti-icing
  • antifreeze
  • avalanche
  • be snowed inidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • freezing
  • glaciation
  • glacier
  • glaciology
  • iceberg
  • icicle
  • pack ice
  • sleet
  • slush
  • snowflake generation
  • snowpack
  • snowstorm
  • terminal moraine
  • thundersnow
  • unfreeze
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Masses and large amounts of things
hail
verb
uk
/heɪl/us
/heɪl/

hailverb(CALL)

C2[T]formal
tocallsomeone inordertoattracttheirattention:
招呼，呼喊
Shall we hail ataxi?我们要叫出租车吗？
Itriedto hail her fromacrosstheroom.我在屋子的另一端冲她喊。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to ask someone to come to you
  • callThe children called for him at night.
  • call outPlease avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
  • send forSomeone has already sent for a doctor.
  • summonI was summoned to the headmaster's office.
  • summonsIf you are summonsed and do not attend court, you may be found guilty of contempt of court.
  • hailShe walked to the corner and hailed a cab.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shouting & screaming
  • barracking
  • bawl
  • bellow
  • burst
  • burst out
  • call (something) out
  • clamour
  • cry
  • cry out
  • ejaculate
  • givesomeonea shoutidiom
  • holler
  • howl
  • raise
  • shout
  • shouty
  • squawk
  • the hairdryer treatment
  • thunder
  • whoop
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hailverb(ICE)

C2[I]
If it hails,small, hardballsoficefallfrom theskylikerain.
下冰雹
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: snow & ice
  • anti-icing
  • antifreeze
  • avalanche
  • be snowed inidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • freezing
  • glaciation
  • glacier
  • glaciology
  • iceberg
  • icicle
  • pack ice
  • sleet
  • slush
  • snowflake generation
  • snowpack
  • snowstorm
  • terminal moraine
  • thundersnow
  • unfreeze
See more results »

Idiom

be within hailing distance ofsomewhere

Phrasal verbs

hailsomeone/somethingassomething
hail fromsomewhere
(Definition ofhailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hail| American Dictionary

hail
noun[U]
us
/heɪl/

hailnoun[U](ICE)

small, hardballsoficethatfallfrom theskylikerain
A hail of things is a lot of themdirectedtoward someone:
After hisspeechhefaceda hail ofquestionsfromreporters.
hail
verb
us
/heɪl/

hailverb(CALL)

[T]
tocallandattracttheattentionof someone:
Youwaithere withourbagswhile I hail ataxi.

hailverb(PRAISE)

[T]
topubliclypraiseor showapprovalfor apersonor anachievement:
Heppner has been hailed as one of thefinesttenorsin theoperaticworldtoday.

hailverb(FALL AS ICE)

[I]
If it hails,small, hardballsoficefallfrom thesky:
It hailed for a fewminutesthismorning.

Phrasal verb

hail fromsomewhere
(Definition ofhailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhail

hail
Their opponents hailed the importance of civil liberties throughout the life cycle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It also hails a very specific, liberating nonsense meant to deliver readers from the stultifying order of the mundane.
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Far from hobbling the comedy, this piece of business was instantly hailed by his fellow actors as a hoot and adopted.
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A number of them received top international awards for magic, were hailed as national heroes and seen on a par with their western counterparts.
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This hesitance to engage in moral critique may be salutary when the critic and the criticismhailfrom moral strangers.
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Yet tohailsuch writers as enlightened reformers whose prime concern was to widen women's intellectual spheres would be anachronistic.
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Such ' promenade portraits ' encapsulated the companionate marriage, hailed as a blend of masculine rationality and feminine tenderness.
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We alsohailthe referee for his perspicacity and thank him for his help in shortening some proofs.
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His lectures were being hailed as heralding a new age.
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He is also hailed as the first to recognize, analyze, and name mathematical induction.
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Heading to pick up her child, she hails a taxi at the number nine bus stop.
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After hailing the reign of the female adolescent, the magazine returned to its primarily domestic and relational orientation.
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Unless merely publishing the maps were hailed as sovereign conduct, the embarrassing matter of donothing sovereignty would remain at-large.
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Critics hailed her as the ultimate animate artwork: statuesque and permanent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Floods,hail, and cyclones have on rare occasions produced the same effect.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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