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