词汇精选:hail的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
致敬;欢呼 [C]
例句:
The youngsters greeted their idol with a hail.
那群年轻人向他们的偶像欢呼致敬。
例句:
At last they saw him emerge on the top of an eminence within hail.
最后,他们看到他在一个山岭上出现了,置身于欢呼之中。
冰雹 [U]
例句:
In tail of the thunders fell pouring storms of sleet and hail.
雷声之后紧接着是是倾盆大雨加冰雹。
例句:
There is golf-ball-size hail in New Jersey today.
新泽西州今日下起高尔夫球大小的冰雹。
一阵 [C]
例句:
The boy's breaking of window glasses caused a hail of abuse.
这个男孩打碎了窗户玻璃,招致了一阵恶骂。
例句:
A hail of hats, paper cups and torn paper fell on the football field when the home team won.
主队获胜时,帽子、纸杯子、撕碎的纸片像一阵冰雹似地落满了足球场。
v.
欢呼;赞扬;称颂 [T]
例句:
Loud speakers hail us, crowds surge round us, flags and bunting flap at us.
大喇叭朝我们欢呼,人潮向我们涌来,彩旗和装饰物向我们飘舞。
例句:
The crowd hailed the victor.
群众欢呼迎接胜利者。
打信号示意停下 [T]
例句:
He wants to hail to the girl to stop.
他想叫住那个女孩。
例句:
Let us hail a cab.
让我们喊一部马车来。
使像雹子般落下 [I,T]
例句:
Stones hailed down on them.
石头像雹子一样落在他们身上。
例句:
Blows hailed down on his back.
打击猛烈地落在他的背上。
招呼;致敬 [I,T]
例句:
The whole city went out to hail the victorious troops.
居民们倾城而出欢迎胜利归来的部队。
例句:
Bartlett hailed him.
巴吉尔跟他打招呼。
下冰雹 [I]
例句:
It hailed last night.
昨夜下冰雹了。
例句:
It hailed the whole afternoon.
整个下午冰雹下个不停。
二、词义辨析:
address,greet,salute,hail,welcome
这些动词均有“欢迎、致敬,致意,招呼”之意。address侧重打招呼的方式或指所使用的称谓。greet常指友好而热诚地欢迎。salute正式用词,指用敬礼、亲吻或挥帽等动作向他人致意或问候,尤指以某种礼节欢迎某人。hail主要指怀着敬意欢迎某人,侧重欢快轻松和嘈杂。也指隔得较远的高声招呼。welcome多指热情的官方的或正式的迎接或欢迎,但也指一般的欢迎。
三、参考例句:
Let us hail a cab.
让我们喊一部马车来。
Hail to the conquering heroes!
向进取的英雄们致敬!
Hail is a meteoric phenomenon.
下冰雹是一种大气现象。
What province does she hail from?
她的籍贯是哪个省?
The hail rattled on the roof.
冰雹霹雳啪啦地落在屋顶上。
There is golf-ball-size hail in New Jersey today.
新泽西州今日下起高尔夫球大小的冰雹。
The hotel doorman will hail a cab for you.
旅馆门口的侍者会为你招呼计程车的。
There was a hail of applause when the speaker appeared.
演讲人出现时引来一阵掌声。
She fired a hail of bullets at the shadow.
她对那个影子连射好几发子弹。
Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee.
万福玛利亚,满被圣宠者,主与尔偕焉。