/heɪl ||; hel/verb1 [T] hail sb/sth as sth to say in public that sb/sth is very good or very special 冠以…美誉；誉为: The book was hailed as a masterpiece. 这本书被誉为杰作。
2 [T] to call or wave to sb/sth 向…呼叫或招手: to hail a taxi 招呼出租汽车
3 [I] when it hails, small balls of ice fall from the sky like rain 下冰雹 ☞Look at the note at weather. 参看weather的注释。