c. 1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) "hail," from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cognates: dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud "sleet"), from root *slaut-.
sleet (v.)
early 14c., from sleet (n.). Related: Sleeted; sleeting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.
肯塔基州北部可能有雨夾雪。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The wind began to build and the sleet to blow about.
風(fēng)開始大起來(lái)了,雨雪四處飛揚(yáng).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Driving sleet brought more problems to roads last night.
昨晚的雨夾雪給道路帶來(lái)了更多的問(wèn)題.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet.