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词汇 hailing
释义 hailing
present participle ofhail
hail
verb
uk /heɪl/ us /heɪl/

hailverb (CALL)


C2[ T ]formal
to call someone in order to attract their attention: 招呼,呼喊
Shall we hail a taxi?我们要叫出租车吗?
I tried to hail her from across the room.我在屋子的另一端冲她喊。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to ask someone to come to you
callThe children called for him at night.
call outPlease avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
send forSomeone has already sent for a doctor.
summonI was summoned to the headmaster's office.
summonsIf you are summonsed and do not attend court, you may be found guilty of contempt of court.
hailShe walked to the corner and hailed a cab.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shouting & screaming
barracking
bawl
bellow
burst
burst out
call (something) out
clamour
cry
cry out
ejaculate
give someone a shoutidiom
holler
howl
lung
shout
shouty
squawk
the hairdryer treatment
thunder
whoop

hailverb (ICE)


C2[ I ]
If it hails, small, hard balls of ice fall from the sky like rain.下冰雹
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Precipitation: snow & ice
anti-icing
avalanche
be snowed inidiom
be snowed upidiom
boilerplate
drifting
freezing
glacier
hail
hailstorm
iceberg
icicle
permafrost
sleet
slushy
snow devil
snow line
snowfall
snowflake generation
snowpack

Idiom


be within hailing distance of somewhere

Phrasal verbs


hail someone/something as something
hail from somewhere

Examples of hailing


hailing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


After hailing the reign of the female adolescent, the magazine returned to its primarily domestic and relational orientation.
In the event, the competition attracted 102 scores from seventy-six composers hailing from twenty-five different countries.
Second, local apologists justified this development by hailing the market as the principal site for the cultivation of civic and moral virtues.
It is all the more bitter that the breakdown has come when hopes were so high, when success was within "hailing distance".
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It is an ideal which no nation has ever set itself before, and certainly no nation has come within hailing distance of such an achievement.
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But in hailing the talented we had better not forget about the less talented.
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One day we have a north-easter blowing, and it is perhaps hailing or snowing.
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I have never yet seen such a member of the station staff even within hailing distance never mind standing by, ready, willing and able.
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Although it may not appear so, we are hailing the birth of a new nation.
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Peers of entirely different political opinions united together in hailing it, if it were practicable, as one of the best experiments that could possibly be tried.
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You are making him liable to a fine of £10 and hailing him before the petty sessions when he may not even know that he has committed an offence.
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Middle-class nationalists were the most enthusiastic and published countless tracts and editorials hailing the new political unity.
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When play ended, spectators stormed the field and carried the fast bowler off the arena on their shoulders, hailing him as a hero.
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Its membership is very diverse with members hailing from all walks of life, geographic locations and cultural backgrounds.
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Critical response to the album was largely positive, with some critics hailing the album as the band's best in a decade.
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