hail

Word family

hail1 /heɪl/ verb → hale

1 [transitiveT] to describe someone or something as being very good 把…称赞为，把…誉为

hail somebody/something as something

Lang’s first film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.

朗的第一部电影立即就被誉为杰作。

be hailed something

The new service has been hailed a success.

新推出的服务被认为很成功。

A young man is being hailed a hero tonight after rescuing two children.

今晚，一位青年因为救了两个孩子而被称为英雄。

2 [transitiveT]HELLO to call to someone in order to greet them or try to attract their attention 呼喊；大声招呼

She leaned out of the window and hailed a passerby.

她探出窗户向一个路人大喊。

hail a cab/taxi

The hotel doorman will hail a cab for you.

酒店的门童会替你叫出租车的。

3 it hails if it hails, small balls of ice fall like rain 下冰雹

It’s windy and hailing outside.

外面风很大，还下着冰雹。

4 hail from something phrasal verbphr v old-fashioned COME FROM/ORIGINATEto have been born in a particular place 出生于

And where do you hail from?

你在哪里出生？

Examples from the Corpus

hail from • A loud hail from across the compound broke into her thoughts.• Mary and David have travelled extensively and enjoy meeting their guests, who hail from all quarters of the world.• After seven holes, Bolas, who hails from Beau Desert, was as many as seven over par.• Matthew Burke hails from Boccata and Pronto; and Joey Casertano from Kingfisher.• Many buyers will likely hail from El Centro, about 40 miles to the east.• Others in the neighborhood hailed from Mississippi, Maryland, and Tennessee.• The Backstreet Boys, who hail from Tampa, sang the National Anthem before the game.• Also acting against Britain's interests is that the previous director general before Quistgaard hailed from these isles.

Examples from the Corpus

hail• She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace.• Rachel left the office and ran out on to Des Voeux, hailing a taxi to take her home.• Two decades later, it was home to more than 100 boys and was hailed as a model facility for troubled youth.• Induction cooking has been hailed by many as the cooking revolution.• The 2-hour meeting was hailed by some as the beginning of the end of the crisis.• Only these taxis should be hailed in the streets.• Some would prefer to be hailing New Jersey Sen.

hail a cab/taxi• At the third attempt I gave up and hailed a taxi.• He wanted it all to go smoothly right down to hailing a taxi.• He hailed a cab and went to the Montrose.• She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace.• CabCharge customers can phone or hail cabs displaying a distinctive blue decal.• McCready waited ten minutes, strolled to the cab rank on Tunistrasse and hailed a cab for Bonn.• Converse walked the several blocks to Pasteur Street and hailed a taxi, taking care not to signal with the Offending Gesture.• Rachel left the office and ran out on to Des Voeux, hailing a taxi to take her home.

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