hail
n
1 [U] frozen rain falling in a shower 雹; 冰雹.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) thing coming in great numbers and with force 来得又多又猛的事物
a hail of bullets, blows, curses 一阵弹雨、 乱打、 乱骂. hail, v
1 [I] fall as hail in a shower 下雹
It is hailing. 正在下雹.
2 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) down (on sb) (fig 比喻) come or send (sth) down hard and fast 迅而猛地落下; 使(某事物)迅而猛地落下
Stones hailed down on them. 石头像雹子一样落在他们身上.
They hailed curses down on us. 他们大骂了我们一通.
hail v
1 [Tn]
(a) call to (a person or ship) in order to attract attention 招呼(人或船)
within `hailing distance, ie close enough to be hailed 在可以招呼的距离内.
(b) signal to (a taxi, etc) to stop 打信号示意(计程车等)停下.
2 [Cn.n/a] ~ sb/sth as sth enthusiastically acknowledge sb/sth as sth 热情地承认某人[某事物]为...
crowds hailing him as king, as a hero 拥他为王、 赞他为英雄的群众
(fig 比喻) The book was hailed as a masterpiece/as masterly. 这本书被誉为杰作.
3 [Ipr] ~ from... originate from (a place) 来自(某地)
She hails (ie comes) from India. 她来自印度.
Where does the ship hail from? ie Which is her home port? 这条船是从哪里开出来的(船籍港是何处)?
4 (idm 习语) be ,hail-fellow-well-`met (with sb) be very friendly or too friendly (with people, esp strangers) (与人, 尤指生人)十分友好或过於亲昵. hail, interj (arch 古) welcome! 欢迎!
Hail, Caesar! 恺撒大帝万岁! n [U]
(idm 习语) within `hail close enough to be hailed 在招呼能及的地方.
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
Oxygen is widely used in ship repairs for cutting and joining metal plates or pipes.
在船舶修理过程中,常常使用氧气切割和焊接金属板或金属管。
He felt free to talk about his failures or his difficulties.