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.
Can you find her purse? If she's gone somewhere she will have taken it.
你能找到她的钱包吗?如果她去什么地方她会带着它的。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
He built a glass wall through which he could watch what went on inside.