Word · Frequency #6469
hailing
招手叫（出租车）；向…示意
hailing is the present participle of hail.
To signal to a person or vehicle, especially a taxi, to get their attention or stop.
- 1.
To have hailstones fall from the sky.
冰雹从天空落下。
- 2.
To greet; give salutation to; salute.
问候；向...致敬；敬礼。
- 3.
To send or release hail.
发出或释放冰雹。
- 4.
To name; to designate; to call.
命名；指定；称呼。
- 5.
To pour down in rapid succession.
连续快速地倾泻而下。
- 6.
To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
大声呼喊以引起注意。
- 7.
To signal in order to initiate communication with.
示意以开始与...交流。
- 8.
In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.
在“上下”游戏中,在球门处反复上下抛球以得分。
- 9.
to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)
源于；出身于；以...为基地。
把…誉为；称…为；来自；出身于；下冰雹；降冰雹；大声呼喊；招呼；欢迎；向…致敬；问候
In use
They hailed the new policy as a great success.
She hailed a taxi on the street corner.
It hailed heavily last night.
hail somebody/something as something
The critics hailed the movie as a masterpiece.
评论家们称赞这部电影是杰作。
hail somebody/something
用于招呼出租车或向某人呼喊以引起注意。
She hailed a taxi to the airport.
她招呼了一辆出租车去机场。
it hails (precipitation)
指下冰雹时，主语用 it。
It hailed heavily last night.
昨晚下了很大的冰雹。
Connections
Collocations
- hail as
- 称赞为
- She was hailed as a hero after saving the child.她在救了那个孩子后被誉为英雄。
- hail from
- 来自
- He hails from a small town in the north.他来自北方的一个小镇。
- hail a cab
- 叫出租车
- I'll hail a cab to get to the airport.我将叫一辆出租车去机场。
- hail with
- 以...欢呼/欢迎
- The crowd hailed the team with cheers.人群以欢呼声迎接队伍。
Idioms & figurative uses
- hail from
- 来自She hails from a small town in the Midwest.她来自中西部的一个小镇。
- hail as
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hail发音似'嘿哦'，联想成欢呼声或冰雹砸地声。
Context & Register
register: formal; typical settings: 新闻、公开演讲; note: 通常用于正式场合或书面语，比较常见于新闻报道中称赞某人或某事。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the /eɪl/ ending and rhyme with 'hail'. Be cautious of words like 'haul' (/hɔːl/) that look similar but sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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