address, greet, salute, hail, welcome

名詞 hail:

1. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
2. enthusiastic greeting

動(dòng)詞 hail:

1. praise vociferously
   同義詞：acclaim, herald
2. be a native of
   同義詞：come
3. call for
4. greet enthusiastically or joyfully
   同義詞：herald
5. precipitate as small ice particles

1. An old friend hailed me from the other side of the street.
   一個(gè)老朋友從街的對(duì)面喊我。
2. It's hailing outside.
   外面在下冰雹。
3. The boy's breaking of window glasses caused a hail of abuse.
   這個(gè)男孩打碎了窗戶玻璃，招致了一陣惡罵。

hail

n.（名詞）
Precipitation in the form of pellets of ice and hard snow.
冰雹：以冰和硬雪塊顆粒的形式下落
Something that falls with the force and quantity of a shower of ice and hard snow:
落下之物：以一陣冰和硬雪塊的力度和數(shù)量落下的某物：
例句：
a hail of pebbles; a hail of criticism.
一陣卵石；一通批評(píng)

v.（動(dòng)詞）
hailed,hail.ing,hails
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow.
下冰雹：落冰和硬雪的顆粒
To fall like hailstones:
象雪塊一樣下落：
例句：
Condemnations hailed down on them.
詛咒象冰雪一樣落在他們身上

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To pour (something) down or forth:
傾瀉或傾吐（某物）：
例句：
They hailed insults at me.
他們對(duì)我大加侮辱

來源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English hôgel, hagol
源自 古英語(yǔ) hôgel, hagol

hail
hail 2

v.（動(dòng)詞）
hailed,hail.ing,hails
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To salute or greet.
打招呼：向…致以敬意或問候
To greet or acclaim enthusiastically:
喝彩，歡呼：熱情地問候或歡呼：
例句：
The crowds hailed the boxing champion.
群眾向這位拳擊冠軍喝彩

To call out to in order to catch the attention of:
招呼：為引起（某人）的注意而大聲地叫喊：
例句：
hail a cabdriver.
招呼一輛出租汽車

v.intr.Nautical （不及物動(dòng)詞）【航?！?/i>
To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or as an identification.
打信號(hào)：向經(jīng)過的船只發(fā)信號(hào)或打招呼，作為問候或識(shí)別
n.（名詞）
The act of greeting or acclaiming.
歡呼：?jiǎn)柡蚧驓g迎的動(dòng)作
A shout made to catch someone`s attention or to greet.
招呼聲：用來引起某人注意或問候的叫喊聲
Hailing distance:
招呼得到的地方：
例句：
told me to stay within hail.
呆在招呼得到的地方

interj.（感嘆詞）
Used to express a greeting or tribute.
用來表示問候或稱贊

<常用詞組>hail from
To come or originate from:
來自或發(fā)源于：
例句：
She hails from Oklahoma.
她來自美國(guó)俄克拉荷馬

來源：
Middle English heilen
中古英語(yǔ) heilen
from (wôs) hôil [(be) healthy] * see wassail
源自 (wôs) hôil [健康的] *參見 wassail