sleet

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Meteorologysleetsleet /sliːt/ noun [uncountable] HEMhalf-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold scattered sleet and snow showers► see thesaurus at rain —sleet verb [intransitive] It was sleeting so hard we could barely see for 30 yards. —sleety adjectiveExamples from the Corpussleet• I awoke to rain and sleet pounding on the roof, and to the sound of rushing wind.• A tear popped out of one eye, or was it sleet that was still falling?• It was raining again, and so windy and cold that the rain felt like sleet on their faces.• Handfuls of sleet were beginning to wander through the air.• She trembled at the razor-sharp sleet of misery: losing Lucy.• It swirled and howled, driving the sleet and snow towards him alone.• We couldn't see anything because of the sleet and snow.• Outside, the sleet rattled across the windows like handfuls of hurled gravel.

单词	sleet
释义	sleet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Meteorologysleetsleet /sliːt/ noun [uncountable] HEMhalf-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold scattered sleet and snow showers► see thesaurus at rain —sleet verb [intransitive] It was sleeting so hard we could barely see for 30 yards. —sleety adjectiveExamples from the Corpussleet• I awoke to rain and sleet pounding on the roof, and to the sound of rushing wind.• A tear popped out of one eye, or was it sleet that was still falling?• It was raining again, and so windy and cold that the rain felt like sleet on their faces.• Handfuls of sleet were beginning to wander through the air.• She trembled at the razor-sharp sleet of misery: losing Lucy.• It swirled and howled, driving the sleet and snow towards him alone.• We couldn't see anything because of the sleet and snow.• Outside, the sleet rattled across the windows like handfuls of hurled gravel.
随便看	as a consequence (of something)/in consequence (of something) as a consequence consequence as a consequence of consequence of as a consequence of in consequence of as a general rule as a lark as a last resort as a matter of as a matter of course as a matter of course/routine as a matter of fact as a matter of interest as a matter of routine as a matter of something as a matter of urgency as a precaution as a protection against as a punishment as a result as a result (of something) as a result of as a rule as a sideline as a treat as a whole