| 单词 | hail |
| 释义 | hail hail1 —hailer, n. /hayl/, v.t. 1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome. 2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine. 3. to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab. v.i. 4. to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.: The people on land hailed as we passed in the night. 5. hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence: Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest. n. 6. a shout or call to attract attention: They answered the hail of the marooned boaters. 7. a salutation or greeting: a cheerful hail. 8. the act of hailing. 9. within hail, within range of hearing; audible: The mother kept her children within hail of her voice. interj. 10. (used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.) [1150-1200; ME haile, earlier heilen, deriv. of hail health < ON heill; c. OE hael. See HEAL, WASSAIL] Syn. 2. cheer, applaud, honor, exalt, laud, extol. hail2 /hayl/, n. 1. showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 1/5 in. (5 mm) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud (distinguished from sleet). 2. a shower or storm of such precipitation. 3. a shower of anything: a hail of bullets. v.i. 4. to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject): It hailed this afternoon. 5. to fall or shower as hail: Arrows hailed down on the troops as they advanced. v.t. 6. to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city. [bef. 900; ME; OE haegl, var. of hagol; c. G Hagel, ON hagl] |
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