mass noun
1- pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds雹, 冰雹。
1.1
- in sing. a large number of things hurled forcefully through the air, especially with intent to harm（尤指意在造成伤害的雹子般的）一阵：
a hail of bullets.
一阵弹雨。
no obj.
1
- （it hails, it is hailing 等）hail falls下雹, 下冰雹：
it hailed so hard we had to stop.
冰雹下得很猛, 我们只好停下来。
2
- with 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。
词源
Old English hagol, hægl (noun)， hagalian (verb)， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel.
1
- with obj. call out to (someone) to attract attention招呼（某人）：
I hailed her in English.
我用英语招呼她。
1.1
- signal (an approaching taxi) to stop示意（出租车）停下。
2
- with obj.（常作be hailed）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。
3
- no obj.
hail from
have one's home or origins in (a place)来自（某地）： they hail from Turkey.
他们来自土耳其。
- archaic expressing greeting or acclaim〈古〉［表示问候或欢呼］欢迎; 好啊, 万岁：
hail, Caesar!
恺撒万岁！
- a shout or call used to attract attention招呼, 高呼。
短语
within hail
- 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。
派生词
hailer
noun词源