单词 | hail |
释义 | hail 1 ![]() n. 1. Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inch) in diameter, usually associated with thunderstorms. 2. Something that falls with the force and quantity of a shower of ice and hard snow: a hail of pebbles; a hail of criticism. v. hailed, hail·ing, hails v.intr. 1. To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow. 2. To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them. v.tr. To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me. [Middle English, from Old English hægel, hagol.] |
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