英语词汇“hail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

hail

释义

precipitation in the form of small particles of clear ice or compacted snow

used figuratively for a shower of things coming at one fast and furiously

a hail of bullets

a hail of obscenities

facing a hail of questions

[Old English hægl]

to precipitate hail

It's hailing

to pour down or strike like hail

Bullets hailed down on all sides

to salute or greet (somebody)

to greet (somebody or something) with enthusiastic approval; to acclaim

to summon (a taxi) by calling

hail from

to be or have been a native or resident of (a place)

hailer noun

[Middle English from Old Norse heill, literally ‘healthy’]

(also all hail) used as a respectful salutation, sometimes by way of acclamation

Hail, King, for so thou art — Shakespeare

So Judas kissed his master and cried ‘All hail!’ when as he meant all harm — Shakespeare

[Old Norse heill healthy, as hail³, prob with the sense ‘Be healthy!’]

a call to attract attention

Suddenly there came a hail from the edge of the clearing — Edgar Rice Burroughs

within hail

within earshot; within shouting distance

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