mass noun
1- rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls雨夹雪, 冻雨。
1.1
- US a thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on coming into contact with a cold surface〈美〉雨凇（指雨雪冻结在物体低温表面所形成的薄冰层）。
no obj.(it sleets, it is sleeting, 等)
- sleet falls下雨夹雪：
it was sleeting so hard we could barely see.
雨夹雪下得很大, 我们几乎看不见东西。
派生词
sleety
adjective词源
Middle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) 'hail' and German Schlosse 'hailstone'.