hail丨每日一词 Day5

hail 
【释义1】:冰雹
牛津:Frozen rain drops which fall as hard balls of ice.
柯林斯:Hail consists of small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky
【短语搭配】
a hail of sth 一阵像冰雹般袭来的事物
【例句】
We drove through hail and snow. 我们顶着冰雹和大雪开车。
a hail of arrows/bullets 一阵乱箭╱弹雨
a hail of abuse 一顿痛骂

【释义2】招手(请出租车或公共汽车停下)
牛津:o signal to a taxi or a bus, in order to get the driver to stop
柯林斯:If you hail a taxi, you wave at it in order to stop it because you want the driver to take you somewhere.
【短语搭配】
hail a taxi/ cab 打手势叫出租车
【例句】
I hurried away to hail a taxi. 我匆忙离开去挥手招了一辆出租车

【商务语义1】来自
Someone who hails from a particular background, they come from it.
【真题】Who wants to be an entrepreneur? just about everybody – or so it seems these days. The values of entrepreneurship are hailed everywhere, from the more enterprising small shop owner to the boardrooms of multinationals.
出处:《剑桥BEC高级真题集第四辑:P66》
【商务语义2】赞扬、称颂
If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly.
【例句】
Mark Twain has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.
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