英语释义
1. precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
2. something that gives the effect of a shower of hail
a hail of rifle fire
3. to precipitate hail (see hail entry 1)
it was hailing hard
4. to pour down or strike like hail
Bullets were hailing down on them.
5. to greet with enthusiastic approval acclaim
hailed as a great success
6. salute, greet
returning soldiers hailed with parades
7. to greet or summon by calling
hail a taxi
8. to call out especially to call a greeting to a passing ship
9. to be or have been native to or a resident of
She hails from Chicago.
10. an exclamation of greeting or acclamation
greeted the emperor with a hail
11. a calling to attract attention
12. hearing distance
stayed within hail
13. small lumps of ice and snow that fall from the clouds sometimes during thunderstorms
14. volley entry 1 sense 1
a hail of bullets
15. to fall as hail
It's hailing hard.
16. to pour down like hail Confetti hailed on the parade.
17. greet sense 1, welcome The town hailed the returning soldiers.
18. to call out to
I'll hail a taxi.
19. to come from
She hails from Oklahoma.