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	hail I. \ˈhāl esp before pause or consonant -āəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hail, hagel, hawel, from Old English hægl, hagol; akin to Old High German hagal hail, Old Norse hagl, Runic Gothic haal (name of a rune), Greek kachlēx pebble 1. a. : a precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow produced by the oscillation of raindrops within cumulonimbus clouds or by the freezing of raindrops from nimbus clouds b. archaic : a shower of hail : hailstorm < a very considerable portion of this country has been desolated by a hail — Thomas Jefferson > 2. : something that gives the effect of falling hail < a hail of shot kicked up river sand — F.B.Gipson > II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English haylen, hawelen, from Old English hagalian, from hagol, n. 1. : to precipitate hail < it rained and hailed > 2. : to pour down like hail : strike in the manner of hail < flak hails upon the plane — Science Year Book > III. interjection Etymology: Middle English hail, heil, from Old Norse heill, from heill, adjective, healthy — more at whole 1. — used to express acclamation < hail to the chief — Sir Walter Scott > < hail, King of the Jews — Mk 15:18 (Revised Standard Version) > 2. archaic — used as a salutation < all hail, sweet madam, and fair time of day — Shakespeare > < good morrow to you both. Hail to your grace — Shakespeare > 3. : hurrah — used to express good feeling or enthusiasm < hail, hail, the gang's all here > IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English hailen, heilen from hail, heil, interjection *transitive verb* 1. a. : salute, greet, accost < hailed the report with undisguised satisfaction — J.B.Matthews > < hailed him and gave him her hand — P.B.Kyne > b. : to greet with enthusiastic approval : acclaim < hail him as a hero > < hail the advances audio has made — R.D.Darrell > 2. : to greet or summon by calling to < hail a passing ship > < hail a taxi > 3. chiefly Scotland : to reach (the goal) especially in a game of shinny *intransitive verb* : to call out; especially : to call a greeting to a passing ship < the ship hailed as we passed > • - hail from V. noun (-s) 1. : an exclamation of greeting : salutation < he heard a hail and his own name called — George Meredith > specifically : a shout of acclamation < greeted the emperor with a hail > 2. : a calling to attract attention : act of hailing < after such hail, the windward yacht shall at once allow the leeward yacht room to tack — Guy Pennant > 3. chiefly Scotland a. : the cry uttered when a goal is struck in a game (as shinny) b. : goal < defeated by four hails > • - within hail VI. variant of hale
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