1. vi.如冰雹般地降下　 fall or pour down like hail; come or send down hard and fast
2. vt.致敬；向…欢呼　 greet; give a welcome cry to; call out to (so as to attract attention)

　～ the astronauts　向宇航员们欢呼
　～ an old friend　向老朋友打招呼
　～ the outcome of the trial　对审判的结果满意
　～ the performers　向演员们欢呼
　～ the proposal　对这个提案满意
　～ the singers　欢迎歌唱家
　～ a taxi　叫了一辆出租汽车
　～ admirably　极好地欢迎
　～ aptly　恰当地欢迎
　～ cheerfully　兴高采烈地欢呼
　～ dearly　亲切地欢迎
　～ dramatically　不寻常地欢呼
　～ enthusiastically　热烈欢呼
　～ fervidly　充满激情地欢呼
　～ furiously　狂热欢呼
　～ heartily　由衷地欢呼
　～ impressively　令人难忘地欢呼
　～ inexpressibly　无法形容地欢呼
　～ mechanically　习惯性地欢呼
　～ officially　正式欢迎
　～ ostensibly　表面上欢迎
　～ personally　亲自欢迎
　～ privately　私自欢迎
　～ publicly　公开欢迎
　～ reasonably　合理地欢迎

　It's hailing.　正在下冰雹。
　Sometimes it hails during a summer thundershower.　有时候夏天的雷阵雨中会夹有冰雹。
　Millions of people hailed the astronauts.　数百万人向宇航员们欢呼。
　They hailed us cordially.　他们热情地欢迎我们。
　Here comes the new teacher, let's hail him.　新老师来了，我们欢迎他。
　We hailed them as soon as they stood on the stage.　他们一站到台上，我们就开始欢迎。
　The people lined the streets to hail the returning heroes.　人们夹道欢迎凯旋的英雄们。
　She hailed a taxi.　她叫了一辆出租汽车。
　I was hailed by an old friend from across the street.　我的一位老朋友从马路对面向我打招呼。
　The proposal was hailed with the greatest satisfaction.　人们极为满意地欢迎这个提案。
　She hailed me a taxi.　她给我叫了一辆出租车。
　She hailed a taxi for him.　她给他叫了一辆出租车。
　They hailed him as the President.　他们拥戴他为总统。
　Please hail him as our friend.　请欢迎他作我们的朋友。
　They hailed her as a member of their organization.　他们欢迎她参加他们的组织。
　Can you really hail Jim as the new director?　难道你欢迎吉姆作新主任吗?
　They hailed the cleverest child as the leader of the class.　他们欢迎最聪明的孩子当他们的班长。
　They hailed the painting as one of the greatest works of art.　他们认为那幅画是最杰出的艺术品之一。
　She was hailed as a heroine.　她被当作英雄受到欢迎。
　The discovery was hailed as the scientific sensation of the century.　这项发明被认为是本世纪科学上的一次轰动。

 ♣ hail from　(v.+prep.)
　是（某地方的）人，来自；产自　come from; start in a particular place or be produced from a particular thing
　He hailed from country.　他来自农村。
　These students hail from all parts of the country.　这些学生来自全国各地。
　Where does the ship hail from?　这条船是从哪里来的?
　These apples hail from Xinjiang, they taste delicious.　这些苹果产自新疆，味道很美。
 ♣ hail down 　(v.+adv.)
　揍；咒骂　beat, hit, strike; curse
　They caught the thief and hailed blows down on him.　他们抓住小偷狠狠地揍了他一顿。
　They hailed curses down on us.　他们猛烈地咒骂我们。

 ♣ hail, greet, salute
　这组词的共同意思是“迎接，向…致敬”。其区别在于：greet可指任何形式的致意，如听到一则消息，接受某一物件后表示自己的某种感情；hail指从远处招呼以示欢迎；salute是比较正式的用语，常指以军队的敬礼或鸣炮、行礼等方式向某人致敬或以正式的仪式迎接某人，向某人致敬。