sleet英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes. US,countable,uncountable
Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. Ireland,Northeastern,UK,US,countable

— Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet
A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain. countable,rare,uncountable
The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions. countable,uncountable

动词 v.

To be in a state in which sleet is falling. impersonal

— I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.

词形变化

sleets plural sleets present,singular,third-person sleeting participle,present sleeted participle,past sleeted past

词汇关系

衍生词

sleetful sleetless sleetlike sleetproof sleety thunder sleet

词源

词源 1

From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.

词源 2

From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.