sleet
英 [sliːt]
美[slit]
- vi. 下雨夹雪；下冰雹
- vt. 冻雨拍打；使下霰般落下
- n. 雨夹雪；雨淞
词态变化
第三人称单数: sleets;过去式: sleeted;过去分词: sleeted;现在分词: sleeting;
中文词源
sleet 雨夹雪，冻雨，冰雹
可能来自中古高地德语 sloten,冰雹，来自 Proto-Germanic*slaut,冰雹。
英文词源
- sleet (n.)
- c. 1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) "hail," from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cognates: dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud "sleet"), from root *slaut-.
- sleet (v.)
- early 14c., from sleet (n.). Related: Sleeted; sleeting.
双语例句
- 1. Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.
- 肯塔基州北部可能有雨夹雪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The wind began to build and the sleet to blow about.
- 风开始大起来了,雨雪四处飞扬.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Driving sleet brought more problems to roads last night.
- 昨晚的雨夹雪给道路带来了更多的问题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet.
- 早上的雨夹雪过后天气潮湿多雾。
来自辞典例句
- 5. An icy sleet was beginning to fall.
- 天开始下起了冰冷的冻雨.
来自辞典例句
