Sleet
[sliːt] or [slit]
解释:
(noun.) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow).
(verb.) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; 'If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet'.
手打:西尔维亚--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
(n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
(v. i.) To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
伊妮德编辑
解释:
n. rain mingled with snow or hail.—v.i. to hail or snow with rain mingled.—n. Sleet′iness.—adj. Sleet′y.
艾布拉姆编辑
例句:
- I was often out in cold, rain, and sleet, but nobody took much note of me after I had been out a few times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Like a stray sheep that wanders over the sleet-beaten hill-side, while the flock is in the pen, and dies before morning-dawn. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow and listens for the returning steps that he expects. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- We were again upon the melancholy road by which we had come, tearing up the miry sleet and thawing snow as if they were torn up by a waterwheel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The sleet fell all that day unceasingly, a thick mist came on early, and it never rose or lightened for a moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Now, indeed, as Martin set his face homeward, he felt that the sleet was sharp and the east wind cold. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- A bitter sleet came rattling against us here on the east wind, and Joe took me on his back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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