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noun heɪlheɪl mass noun1Pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. 雹，冰雹 rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof Example sentencesExamples - Soybeans stunted by lack of rain or damaged by hail can be salvaged as hay or silage.
- It was a very windy day, with great black clouds and blinding hail: a real storm.
- Estimates of the amount of rain and hail which fell on Tuesday ranged from 30 mm to 75 mm in 15 minutes.
- It was raining hail and ice, and I looked on as the waves fiercely crashed against the shoreline.
- These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.
- The capital is again bearing the brunt of the bitter weather with freezing winds, rain and hail showers.
- He had been hiking near his family's cabin in the mountains when a storm came in and it started pouring down rain and hail.
- The conditions had a major influence on this game with a strong, gusting wind blowing up the field, bringing with it freezing showers of rain and hail.
- The clouds parted and a torrent of rain and hail flowed down toward the earth.
- Weather conditions could hardly have been worse for the event with a strong biting wind and frequent wintry showers of rain and hail putting a damper on proceedings.
- It was practically dark as we prepared to put the sign onto the posts when a strong wind stormed through bringing an icy rain and hail with it.
- Thunderstorms sometimes drop balls of ice known as hail in addition to rain.
- Pedestrians and motorcyclists sought shelter when the storm invaded the city and delivered hail and heavy rain.
- Wind hit an estimated 140 mph in Tennessee and the storms carried torrential rain and golf-ball-sized hail.
- We had a blizzard, with hail, snow, rain and strong wind - we were terrified.
- Actually building something was very satisfying and I cracked on through the rain and hail to complete it.
- A nest was considered storm-destroyed if it was flattened by wind or badly damaged by hail or rain.
- Outside, the rain turned to pellets of hail, clattering against the house.
- Tomorrow's forecast is for a cold, windy day with some risk of sleet and hail showers, although the worst effects of the storm will have passed by 6am.
- On the second day, a storm of biblical proportions unleashes hail, rain and floods that carry away valuable equipment on rivers of mud.
Synonyms frozen rain, hailstones, sleet, precipitation hailstorm, hail shower - 1.1in singular A large number of things hurled forcefully through the air.
（尤指意在造成伤害的雹子般的）一阵 一阵弹雨。 Example sentencesExamples - But firefighters also had to contend with a hail of stones and water bombs from the children who crowded around them as they fought the fire.
- If I did that one his way, the groom would have died in a hail of bullets before I got to say ‘I Do.’
- If attackers do pop up, a hail of 10 mm projectiles can be fired at them in seconds.
- She picked up a hail of bad words from several of the other drivers.
- His body twisted and contorted under a hail of bullets.
- Running towards the house alone, through a hail of bullets, he threw bombs at the position and silenced the gun.
- Needless to say he came of worse and, in fact, nobody else was injured apart from the hapless chap who was quickly dispatched to the afterlife in a hail of well-aimed bullets.
- A phrase I wrote here not long ago has unleashed a hail of furious and strikingly similar emails.
- She grabbed the bucket and, amid a hail of artillery fire, crossed the battery to the well.
- I recall accosting some rowdy teenagers outside my house: my few cautionary words were met with a hail of stones, too small to injure but enough to frighten and humiliate.
- The nephew and the bodyguards appear to have realized that they were in hostile territory, and tried to withdraw, but the effort was met with a hail of bullets.
- The records showed his plan had been scotched by a hail of objections from all four of our adjoining neighbours - plus, it seemed, one other mystery objector.
- And she says she will always treasure the memory of his last kiss and hug before seconds later he died in a hail of bullets.
- Over the weekend, a 13-year-old Brooklyn boy used his own body to shield a young girl from a hail of bullets.
- The trickle of arrows became a hail of missiles, then, hurled with deadly accuracy.
- So they looked at each other, under a hail of stones and bricks, shrugged, and as one, stopped to the pavement to pick up the stones which had been hurled at them by the students, and flung them right back.
- They drove straight through the roadblock in a hail of bullets.
- Does someone else have to have a hail of bullets fired into their bedroom window before something is done?
- Firefighters came under attack from a hail of stones hurled by children as young as 10.
- Despite being shot in the leg, she drove though a hail of bullets before a colleague took her to hospital where doctors are battling to save her limb.
Synonyms barrage, volley, shower, deluge, torrent, burst, stream, storm, flood, spate, rain, tide, avalanche, blaze, onslaught bombardment, cannonade, battery, blast, broadside, salvo
verb heɪlheɪl [no object]1it hails", "it is hailing, etc.Hail falls. it hailed so hard we had to stop 冰雹下得很猛，我们只好停下来。 Example sentencesExamples - The multi-coloured roofs twinkle from a distance in the occasional sunshine, but usually it's raining or hailing.
- In a city where it hardly even rains, it hailed last night.
- Well, actually, in the City it was usually raining, or hailing, or giant-asteroiding, but that's beside the point.
- It was raining and hailing, the weather was very poor.
- Last night it Hailed a couple of times so we got a picture of it. I
- It was an overcast morning with thunderstorms predicted, and although it rained and hailed around lunchtime, most of the day remained fine.
- Two minutes later, it was sleeting and hailing, we were both soaked to the skin, and we were both bloody miserable.
- Yesterday it hailed so hard it looked like snow.
- I rush round closing all the windows and notice it is hailing.
Synonyms beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop pelt, pepper, batter, bombard, volley, assail 2with adverbial of direction (of a large number of objects) fall or be hurled forcefully. （大量物体）像雹子般落下（或击打） missiles and bombs hail down from the sky 导弹和炸弹像雹子般从空中落下。 Synonyms beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop
OriginOld English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel. wassail from Middle English: In the Middle Ages wassail was a drinking toast that literally meant ‘Be in good health’. The polite reply was drinkhail, ‘Drink good health’. Both words come from Old Norse, and were probably introduced by Danish-speaking inhabitants of England. By the 12th century they were considered by the Normans to be characteristic of Englishmen: in a work of 1190 the English students at the university of Paris are praised for generosity and other virtues, but are said to be too much addicted to ‘wassail’ and ‘drinkhail’. The second half of each toast is related to the Old English words hale (Old English), as in hale and hearty, hail (Middle English) to greet’, and whole (Old English).
Rhymesail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale verb heɪlheɪl 1with object Call out to (someone) to attract attention. 招呼（某人） 我用英语招呼她。 Example sentencesExamples - Once a member of our Parish hailed me on the street and invited me to enter his house.
- One of them hails me at the fuel pump in order to report that her sister has tried to read the book.
- They cheerfully hailed us in Dari, then Urdu, then broken English.
- A dive master hails me from a nearby floating group, ‘Any idea what that was?’
- I much prefer if you type a short paragraph hailing me up (saying hello) rather than being included in a list of names.
- She hailed me like an old friend and said: ‘Your new skirt looks great!’
- I may bridle at the strange young thing who rings up out of the blue and breezily hails me by my first name but it does not help when the company she represents can only be reached through her.
- One Sunday morning I was hailed by a trader known as The Banana King who used more pure oratory selling a bunch of bananas than any politician had used since Churchill.
- He hailed me at half-past nine in Trafalgar Square.
Synonyms greet, salute, address, halloo, speak to, call out to, shout to, say hello to, initiate a discussion with, talk to nod to, wave to, smile at, signal to, lift one's hat to, acknowledge accost, approach, waylay, stop, catch informal collar, buttonhole British informal nobble - 1.1 Signal (an approaching taxi) to stop.
示意（出租车）停下 she raised her hand to hail a cab Example sentencesExamples - Absentmindedly, she hailed a taxi and entered, telling the driver her address before sinking into the seat.
- A man who looks like a business executive talks into a mobile phone as he tries to hail a taxi.
- Five minutes later they were out on the sidewalk, hailing a taxi.
- These vehicles are the only ones licensed and insured to ply for hire, that is take passengers from the taxi ranks or be hailed in the street.
- Finally the security hailed a taxi cab and pushed us in and it drove away.
- On Saturday afternoon, a friend (also a wheelchair user) and I were trying to hail a taxi on Charing Cross Road.
- Soon I give up and, nerves snapping, fight my way down teeming concrete canyons to a roundabout where I manage to hail an antiquated taxi.
- Michelle took us out for supper, explained how to hail a taxi in Hong Kong and helped us shop for some food for breakfast.
- I can walk, I can run, I can hop onto a bus, I can try the Tube, I could hail a taxi, I can see if there's a train.
- I gave the car a wide berth as it began to smoulder, and hailed a taxi.
- She hailed a taxi and headed straight for his house.
- But there is not enough room for the six members of our tour, so he hails another taxi, which also stops instantly.
- He walked with his chin tucked under his overcoat collar, his hand out to hail a taxi.
- Opting against hailing a taxi, she took the car, figuring that she needed some practice.
- I didn't know what else to do, so I hailed a taxi and came here.
- The next thing she was aware of was hailing a taxi outside the airport, and someone touching her arm lightly.
- If I want the views of a cab driver I'll hail a taxi, thanks.
- To hail a taxi or bus, one wags a finger or fingers depending on the number of passengers in need of a ride.
- As soon as I left, I hailed the first available taxi, and within an hour I was on the plane to Washington.
- Keeping in mind that the fact that I was female, alone and in one of the worst neighborhoods in New York I hailed a Taxi cab that was in desperate need of a car wash.
Synonyms flag down, wave down, signal to stop, gesture to stop, make a sign to call to, shout to summon, accost
2with object Praise (someone or something) enthusiastically. he has been hailed as the new James Dean 他被大家热情地称为新的詹姆斯·迪恩。 Example sentencesExamples - Again, like all other ‘fad’ diets, it is hailed as being simple to do.
- Working too much takes its toll on people's health and relationships, yet most workaholics are hailed as heroes, or at least model employees.
- The book had appeared the year before, to much acclaim; it was hailed as a masterpiece of the age.
- Both show are hailed as great by some and hated by others.
- Looking at some of their efforts, I suspect that if they spell their name correctly it is hailed as a triumph, and incorrectly, as expressionism.
- They were then ushered into the airport's arrivals terminal where they were hailed as heroes by fans who had turned up to welcome the athletes home.
- However, the fourth Sunday of Lent was hailed as a day for honouring mothers, when servants would have the day off and be encouraged to return home.
- Last year's inaugural event was hailed as an outstanding success and this year promises to be no less an occasion with a very busy and interesting schedule of events planned.
- On the one hand it was hailed as groundbreaking and praised for encouraging debate.
- It was hailed as the sensation of the festival - a film so shocking and scandalous that it required an official warning on the tickets to alert those of a sensitive disposition.
- The election was hailed as a victory for the left.
- This prospect is frequently hailed as facilitating a return to the pristine, paradigmatic democracies of ancient Greece.
- This target was hailed as completely unreasonable by the agricultural sector, and she was derided for lack of consultation.
- When the vaccine was introduced in 1988 it was hailed as the key to eradicating the three childhood diseases measles, mumps and rubella in this country.
- The 1984 elections were hailed as fair by both the international media and observing organisations, something that has not happened since.
- This event was hailed as ‘a major step towards successful production of animal organs and cells for human transplantation’.
- Its relatively peaceful transition from apartheid to multiracial democracy was rightly hailed as a miracle.
- Instead of being kicked out as cowards they were hailed as heroes.
- When the traffic police mooted a proposal to ban parking on the city's arterial roads two years ago, it was hailed as the most revolutionary move.
- Three quick-thinking passers-by were today hailed as heroes for saving a man's life with emergency first aid as he lay on the pavement.
Synonyms acclaim, praise, applaud, commend, rave about, extol, eulogize, vaunt, hymn, lionize, express approval of, express admiration for, pay tribute to, speak highly of, sing the praises of, make much of glorify, cheer, salute, exalt, honour, hurrah, hurray, toast, welcome, pay homage to British informal big up North American informal ballyhoo dated cry up archaic emblazon rare laud, panegyrize 3hail fromno object Have one's home or origins in (a place) 来自（某地） 他们来自土耳其。 Example sentencesExamples - Although hailing from York originally, the family moved to Yeadon during the war.
- Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Kakinada do not appear to deter him.
- The sisters, who originally hail from Ramsbottom, took ten months to set up the new business.
- Gladys, a former mill worker, originally hails from Castleford but has lived in Haworth for most of her life.
- He hails from Virginia but has resided for several years in the Swinford area.
- Despite my strong Scottish ties, all I knew about my ancestors was that they had originally hailed from Africa.
- He hails from Prestwich and has lived most of his life in and around Bury, apart from the ten years he spent working in television in London.
- Though based in Glasgow, three members of the band originally hail from the north-east of Scotland.
- Wayne originally hails from Wexford and has lived in Sligo for almost ten years.
- Originally he hailed from Malaysia, then studied architecture at Oxford, qualifying in 1984.
Synonyms come from, be from, be a native of, have been born in, originate in, have one's roots in be … (by birth) live in, have one's home in, inhabit, be an inhabitant of, be settled in, reside in, be a resident of
exclamation heɪlheɪl archaic Expressing greeting or acclaim. 〈古〉 表示问候或欢呼欢迎；好啊，万岁 恺撒万岁！ Example sentencesExamples - Hail good citizens!
- Hail, ye lone voices in the wilderness!
- Hail, good old stranger!
noun heɪlheɪl A shout or call used to attract attention. 招呼（某人） Example sentencesExamples - Sitting inside the venue, I could easily feel the radiant enthusiasm of spectators as hails, whistles and waving fluorescent sticks accompanied the name of every familiar Chinese star that the host announced.
- The Radar has just entered out jurisdiction and is not responding to our hails.
- She looked at the view screen awaiting a response to the hails.
- Gandalf hails Theoden, but the King is angry with him.
- Now Central would be wondering what was wrong, why he wasn't answering the hails.
- The craft did not make a hostile move toward the science vessel, but did not respond to hails.
- She puffs on a cigarette, hails departing guests, gossips with regulars, accepts congratulations.
- Maybe it was because your fleet was too high and mighty to respond to our previous hails.
- A moment later the whole ship was ringing with cheers and hails.
- She is not answering our hails and has not decelerated.
- Include as many hails of derisive laughter in your answer as possible.
- Young, hyper children sped along the quiet roads and cracked sidewalks, throwing their arms up in their imaginary play and bursting out hails of the loudest cries their lungs could take.
- All relays aren't responding to our hails, and contact with the fleet is severed.
- There's no response to hails, but they probably just use an unknown channel.
- She shook her head, her pink hair flowing around her face as the communications officer answered, ‘No response to standard hails.’
- We have received your hails and are willing to accept you and any wounded, so long as you disarm and power down.
- The mystery ship did not respond to hails and fired on Japanese ships when they approached.
- Her hails had the desired effect, and Mark stopped and turned.
Synonyms greeting, hello, hallo, halloo, call, cry, shout, salutation acknowledgement, welcome, salute
Phrasesdated At a distance within which someone may be called to; within earshot. 在招呼得到的地方；在听得见的地方 the line keeps within hail of the River Dee Example sentencesExamples - After finishing, a yacht shall come within hail of the Committee for instructions as to possible inspection.
- The only place where that incipient panic is not usual is the front line, because there the enemy is within hail and is known to be another unlucky fool.
- The Race Committee shall fly flag ‘L', which means ‘come within hail or follow this boat’, and then locate the starting area, where the Race Committee believes the best wind conditions are.
- Come within hail for verbal instructions or follow the official boat displaying Code Flag ‘L'.
- If upon the ocean, would any passing vessel be within hail to rescue them from their critical position?
Derivativesnoun Student strikes are disrupting college campuses, where old protest anthems like ‘We Shall Overcome’ mix with the tinny sound of speeches belted out over load hailers. Example sentencesExamples - I can't understand the warnings over the hailer.
- The street vendors, the business suits on smoke breaks, the cell phones, the cab hailers, the noises.
- The people answering the door, feeling a tad lonely, and a little concerned at the mental health of these door to door hailers.
- Protesters may follow the hunt, on condition that loud trumpets, drums and hailers are replaced by muted clarinets or harps.
OriginMiddle English: from the obsolete adjective hail 'healthy' (occurring in greetings and toasts, such as wæs hæil: see wassail), from Old Norse heill, related to hale1 and whole. nounhālheɪl 1Pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. 雹，冰雹 Example sentencesExamples - Weather conditions could hardly have been worse for the event with a strong biting wind and frequent wintry showers of rain and hail putting a damper on proceedings.
- Wind hit an estimated 140 mph in Tennessee and the storms carried torrential rain and golf-ball-sized hail.
- It was a very windy day, with great black clouds and blinding hail: a real storm.
- Actually building something was very satisfying and I cracked on through the rain and hail to complete it.
- The capital is again bearing the brunt of the bitter weather with freezing winds, rain and hail showers.
- A nest was considered storm-destroyed if it was flattened by wind or badly damaged by hail or rain.
- Pedestrians and motorcyclists sought shelter when the storm invaded the city and delivered hail and heavy rain.
- Estimates of the amount of rain and hail which fell on Tuesday ranged from 30 mm to 75 mm in 15 minutes.
- Outside, the rain turned to pellets of hail, clattering against the house.
- The conditions had a major influence on this game with a strong, gusting wind blowing up the field, bringing with it freezing showers of rain and hail.
- He had been hiking near his family's cabin in the mountains when a storm came in and it started pouring down rain and hail.
- These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.
- Thunderstorms sometimes drop balls of ice known as hail in addition to rain.
- Soybeans stunted by lack of rain or damaged by hail can be salvaged as hay or silage.
- It was raining hail and ice, and I looked on as the waves fiercely crashed against the shoreline.
- It was practically dark as we prepared to put the sign onto the posts when a strong wind stormed through bringing an icy rain and hail with it.
- Tomorrow's forecast is for a cold, windy day with some risk of sleet and hail showers, although the worst effects of the storm will have passed by 6am.
- On the second day, a storm of biblical proportions unleashes hail, rain and floods that carry away valuable equipment on rivers of mud.
- The clouds parted and a torrent of rain and hail flowed down toward the earth.
- We had a blizzard, with hail, snow, rain and strong wind - we were terrified.
Synonyms frozen rain, hailstones, sleet, precipitation - 1.1in singular A large number of objects hurled forcefully through the air.
（尤指意在造成伤害的雹子般的）一阵 一阵弹雨。 Example sentencesExamples - Running towards the house alone, through a hail of bullets, he threw bombs at the position and silenced the gun.
- They drove straight through the roadblock in a hail of bullets.
- A phrase I wrote here not long ago has unleashed a hail of furious and strikingly similar emails.
- Over the weekend, a 13-year-old Brooklyn boy used his own body to shield a young girl from a hail of bullets.
- Needless to say he came of worse and, in fact, nobody else was injured apart from the hapless chap who was quickly dispatched to the afterlife in a hail of well-aimed bullets.
- She grabbed the bucket and, amid a hail of artillery fire, crossed the battery to the well.
- His body twisted and contorted under a hail of bullets.
- Firefighters came under attack from a hail of stones hurled by children as young as 10.
- Despite being shot in the leg, she drove though a hail of bullets before a colleague took her to hospital where doctors are battling to save her limb.
- If I did that one his way, the groom would have died in a hail of bullets before I got to say ‘I Do.’
- And she says she will always treasure the memory of his last kiss and hug before seconds later he died in a hail of bullets.
- Does someone else have to have a hail of bullets fired into their bedroom window before something is done?
- But firefighters also had to contend with a hail of stones and water bombs from the children who crowded around them as they fought the fire.
- The nephew and the bodyguards appear to have realized that they were in hostile territory, and tried to withdraw, but the effort was met with a hail of bullets.
- So they looked at each other, under a hail of stones and bricks, shrugged, and as one, stopped to the pavement to pick up the stones which had been hurled at them by the students, and flung them right back.
- She picked up a hail of bad words from several of the other drivers.
- If attackers do pop up, a hail of 10 mm projectiles can be fired at them in seconds.
- I recall accosting some rowdy teenagers outside my house: my few cautionary words were met with a hail of stones, too small to injure but enough to frighten and humiliate.
- The records showed his plan had been scotched by a hail of objections from all four of our adjoining neighbours - plus, it seemed, one other mystery objector.
- The trickle of arrows became a hail of missiles, then, hurled with deadly accuracy.
Synonyms barrage, volley, shower, deluge, torrent, burst, stream, storm, flood, spate, rain, tide, avalanche, blaze, onslaught
verbhālheɪl [no object]1it hails", "it is hailing, etc.Hail falls. it hailed so hard we had to stop 冰雹下得很猛，我们只好停下来。 Example sentencesExamples - Two minutes later, it was sleeting and hailing, we were both soaked to the skin, and we were both bloody miserable.
- Yesterday it hailed so hard it looked like snow.
- It was raining and hailing, the weather was very poor.
- Well, actually, in the City it was usually raining, or hailing, or giant-asteroiding, but that's beside the point.
- Last night it Hailed a couple of times so we got a picture of it. I
- The multi-coloured roofs twinkle from a distance in the occasional sunshine, but usually it's raining or hailing.
- In a city where it hardly even rains, it hailed last night.
- I rush round closing all the windows and notice it is hailing.
- It was an overcast morning with thunderstorms predicted, and although it rained and hailed around lunchtime, most of the day remained fine.
Synonyms beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop 2with adverbial of direction (of a large number of objects) fall or be hurled forcefully. （大量物体）像雹子般落下（或击打） missiles and bombs hail down from the sky 导弹和炸弹像雹子般从空中落下。 Synonyms beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop
OriginOld English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel. verbhālheɪl 1with object Call out to (someone) to attract attention. 招呼（某人） the crew hailed a fishing boat Example sentencesExamples - He hailed me at half-past nine in Trafalgar Square.
- One of them hails me at the fuel pump in order to report that her sister has tried to read the book.
- One Sunday morning I was hailed by a trader known as The Banana King who used more pure oratory selling a bunch of bananas than any politician had used since Churchill.
- I much prefer if you type a short paragraph hailing me up (saying hello) rather than being included in a list of names.
- She hailed me like an old friend and said: ‘Your new skirt looks great!’
- I may bridle at the strange young thing who rings up out of the blue and breezily hails me by my first name but it does not help when the company she represents can only be reached through her.
- Once a member of our Parish hailed me on the street and invited me to enter his house.
- They cheerfully hailed us in Dari, then Urdu, then broken English.
- A dive master hails me from a nearby floating group, ‘Any idea what that was?’
Synonyms greet, salute, address, halloo, speak to, call out to, shout to, say hello to, initiate a discussion with, talk to - 1.1 Signal (an approaching taxicab) to stop.
示意（出租车）停下 she raised her hand to hail a cab Example sentencesExamples - Absentmindedly, she hailed a taxi and entered, telling the driver her address before sinking into the seat.
- Opting against hailing a taxi, she took the car, figuring that she needed some practice.
- A man who looks like a business executive talks into a mobile phone as he tries to hail a taxi.
- Finally the security hailed a taxi cab and pushed us in and it drove away.
- She hailed a taxi and headed straight for his house.
- Soon I give up and, nerves snapping, fight my way down teeming concrete canyons to a roundabout where I manage to hail an antiquated taxi.
- These vehicles are the only ones licensed and insured to ply for hire, that is take passengers from the taxi ranks or be hailed in the street.
- I gave the car a wide berth as it began to smoulder, and hailed a taxi.
- On Saturday afternoon, a friend (also a wheelchair user) and I were trying to hail a taxi on Charing Cross Road.
- I didn't know what else to do, so I hailed a taxi and came here.
- To hail a taxi or bus, one wags a finger or fingers depending on the number of passengers in need of a ride.
- Keeping in mind that the fact that I was female, alone and in one of the worst neighborhoods in New York I hailed a Taxi cab that was in desperate need of a car wash.
- If I want the views of a cab driver I'll hail a taxi, thanks.
- Michelle took us out for supper, explained how to hail a taxi in Hong Kong and helped us shop for some food for breakfast.
- The next thing she was aware of was hailing a taxi outside the airport, and someone touching her arm lightly.
- I can walk, I can run, I can hop onto a bus, I can try the Tube, I could hail a taxi, I can see if there's a train.
- But there is not enough room for the six members of our tour, so he hails another taxi, which also stops instantly.
- He walked with his chin tucked under his overcoat collar, his hand out to hail a taxi.
- Five minutes later they were out on the sidewalk, hailing a taxi.
- As soon as I left, I hailed the first available taxi, and within an hour I was on the plane to Washington.
Synonyms flag down, wave down, signal to stop, gesture to stop, make a sign to
2with object Acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing. 热情认可 he has been hailed as the new James Dean 他被大家热情地称为新的詹姆斯·迪恩。 Example sentencesExamples - This event was hailed as ‘a major step towards successful production of animal organs and cells for human transplantation’.
- The book had appeared the year before, to much acclaim; it was hailed as a masterpiece of the age.
- This target was hailed as completely unreasonable by the agricultural sector, and she was derided for lack of consultation.
- The election was hailed as a victory for the left.
- Its relatively peaceful transition from apartheid to multiracial democracy was rightly hailed as a miracle.
- When the vaccine was introduced in 1988 it was hailed as the key to eradicating the three childhood diseases measles, mumps and rubella in this country.
- On the one hand it was hailed as groundbreaking and praised for encouraging debate.
- Looking at some of their efforts, I suspect that if they spell their name correctly it is hailed as a triumph, and incorrectly, as expressionism.
- Last year's inaugural event was hailed as an outstanding success and this year promises to be no less an occasion with a very busy and interesting schedule of events planned.
- This prospect is frequently hailed as facilitating a return to the pristine, paradigmatic democracies of ancient Greece.
- They were then ushered into the airport's arrivals terminal where they were hailed as heroes by fans who had turned up to welcome the athletes home.
- Again, like all other ‘fad’ diets, it is hailed as being simple to do.
- Three quick-thinking passers-by were today hailed as heroes for saving a man's life with emergency first aid as he lay on the pavement.
- However, the fourth Sunday of Lent was hailed as a day for honouring mothers, when servants would have the day off and be encouraged to return home.
- Both show are hailed as great by some and hated by others.
- Working too much takes its toll on people's health and relationships, yet most workaholics are hailed as heroes, or at least model employees.
- Instead of being kicked out as cowards they were hailed as heroes.
- When the traffic police mooted a proposal to ban parking on the city's arterial roads two years ago, it was hailed as the most revolutionary move.
- It was hailed as the sensation of the festival - a film so shocking and scandalous that it required an official warning on the tickets to alert those of a sensitive disposition.
- The 1984 elections were hailed as fair by both the international media and observing organisations, something that has not happened since.
Synonyms acclaim, praise, applaud, commend, rave about, extol, eulogize, vaunt, hymn, lionize, express approval of, express admiration for, pay tribute to, speak highly of, sing the praises of, make much of 3hail fromno object Have one's home or origins in (a place) 来自（某地） Example sentencesExamples - Wayne originally hails from Wexford and has lived in Sligo for almost ten years.
- He hails from Virginia but has resided for several years in the Swinford area.
- He hails from Prestwich and has lived most of his life in and around Bury, apart from the ten years he spent working in television in London.
- Gladys, a former mill worker, originally hails from Castleford but has lived in Haworth for most of her life.
- Originally he hailed from Malaysia, then studied architecture at Oxford, qualifying in 1984.
- The sisters, who originally hail from Ramsbottom, took ten months to set up the new business.
- Though based in Glasgow, three members of the band originally hail from the north-east of Scotland.
- Despite my strong Scottish ties, all I knew about my ancestors was that they had originally hailed from Africa.
- Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Kakinada do not appear to deter him.
- Although hailing from York originally, the family moved to Yeadon during the war.
Synonyms come from, be from, be a native of, have been born in, originate in, have one's roots in
exclamationhālheɪl archaic Expressing greeting or acclaim. 〈古〉 表示问候或欢呼欢迎；好啊，万岁 恺撒万岁！ Example sentencesExamples - Hail good citizens!
- Hail, good old stranger!
- Hail, ye lone voices in the wilderness!
nounhālheɪl A shout or call used to attract attention. 招呼（某人） Example sentencesExamples - Her hails had the desired effect, and Mark stopped and turned.
- The mystery ship did not respond to hails and fired on Japanese ships when they approached.
- We have received your hails and are willing to accept you and any wounded, so long as you disarm and power down.
- Sitting inside the venue, I could easily feel the radiant enthusiasm of spectators as hails, whistles and waving fluorescent sticks accompanied the name of every familiar Chinese star that the host announced.
- The craft did not make a hostile move toward the science vessel, but did not respond to hails.
- Maybe it was because your fleet was too high and mighty to respond to our previous hails.
- She is not answering our hails and has not decelerated.
- She shook her head, her pink hair flowing around her face as the communications officer answered, ‘No response to standard hails.’
- A moment later the whole ship was ringing with cheers and hails.
- All relays aren't responding to our hails, and contact with the fleet is severed.
- She looked at the view screen awaiting a response to the hails.
- There's no response to hails, but they probably just use an unknown channel.
- She puffs on a cigarette, hails departing guests, gossips with regulars, accepts congratulations.
- Gandalf hails Theoden, but the King is angry with him.
- The Radar has just entered out jurisdiction and is not responding to our hails.
- Now Central would be wondering what was wrong, why he wasn't answering the hails.
- Include as many hails of derisive laughter in your answer as possible.
- Young, hyper children sped along the quiet roads and cracked sidewalks, throwing their arms up in their imaginary play and bursting out hails of the loudest cries their lungs could take.
Synonyms greeting, hello, hallo, halloo, call, cry, shout, salutation
Phrasesdated At a distance within which someone may be called to; within earshot. 在招呼得到的地方；在听得见的地方 Example sentencesExamples - The Race Committee shall fly flag ‘L', which means ‘come within hail or follow this boat’, and then locate the starting area, where the Race Committee believes the best wind conditions are.
- Come within hail for verbal instructions or follow the official boat displaying Code Flag ‘L'.
- The only place where that incipient panic is not usual is the front line, because there the enemy is within hail and is known to be another unlucky fool.
- If upon the ocean, would any passing vessel be within hail to rescue them from their critical position?
- After finishing, a yacht shall come within hail of the Committee for instructions as to possible inspection.
OriginMiddle English: from the obsolete adjective hail ‘healthy’ (occurring in greetings and toasts, such as wæs hæil: see wassail), from Old Norse heill, related to hale and whole. |