Hail

(noun.) enthusiastic greeting.

(noun.) many objects thrown forcefully through the air; 'a hail of pebbles'; 'a hail of bullets'.

(noun.) precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.

(verb.) greet enthusiastically or joyfully.

(verb.) call for; 'hail a cab'.

(verb.) be a native of; 'She hails from Kalamazoo'.

(verb.) precipitate as small ice particles; 'It hailed for an hour'.

弗里达编辑

• He puts his trust in a snow-cloud; the wilderness, the wind, and the hail-storm are his refuge; his allies are the elements--air, fire, water. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A triple cry of Hail, Victorious! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• If you don't--it's a fine, law-abiding country is England, and there's always a policeman within hail. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Our strongest holds are not proof against a storm of hail, and even a dark cloud damps the very stoutest heart. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The coldness of the upper region is manifested by the hail which sometimes falls from it in a hot day. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But here have I been stewing and fuming in this jolly old crib till I have had the horrors falling on me as thick as hail. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I sat in the reception hail of the villa, waiting for Catherine Barkley to come down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I eagerly traced the windings of the land, and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A substitute for the slow animal, horse, and for the dangerous, noisy steam horse and its lumbering locomotive and train, was hailed with delight. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She hailed it as an earnest of the most serious determination, and was equal even to encounter her father. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He read the bill attentively, considered a moment, and then hailed an empty cab as it passed him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Leaving himself in the dark, it could rise into the light, seeing it shine on others and hailing it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• In one of his trips he passed into the country roads and came to a tollgate through which a frightened keeper hastily passed him without toll, hailing him as the devil. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• By a latent vein from Alcinous' line, her father hailing from Phaeacia's isle? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• When he came back to the towing-path, he found the ferry-boat on the opposite side, and a gentleman hailing it and waiting to be taken over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Hailing his softened tone and manner, his daughter fell upon her knees before him, with her appealing hands upon his breast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• She uttered a smiling acceptance, hailing in the renewal of the tie an escape from Trenor's importunities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He sometimes hails vessels and requests them to take letters home from him. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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