• vi. 下雨夾雪；下冰雹
• vt. 凍雨拍打；使下霰般落下
• n. 雨夾雪；雨淞

可能來自中古高地德語 sloten,冰雹，來自 Proto-Germanic*slaut,冰雹。

sleet (n.)

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.

1. Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.

肯塔基州北部可能有雨夾雪。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The wind began to build and the sleet to blow about.

風開始大起來了,雨雪四處飛揚.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Driving sleet brought more problems to roads last night.

昨晚的雨夾雪給道路帶來了更多的問題.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet.

早上的雨夾雪過后天氣潮濕多霧。

來自辭典例句

5. An icy sleet was beginning to fall.

天開始下起了冰冷的凍雨.

來自辭典例句