sleet
sleet — noun
1. small, partly frozen ice pellets that form when falling snow partly melts before
small, partly frozen ice pellets that form when falling snow partly melts before hitting the ground, often making roads and pavements slippery
The weather forecaster warned that sleet would make the morning commute dangerous.
sleet + make + road conditions + adjective — common pattern
Ravindra slipped on a patch of sleet while walking to the bus stop.
'patch of sleet' — referring to a small area covered with sleet
A layer of sleet covered Apinya's windscreen before the morning drive.
Drivers were told to slow down because sleet had made the highway extremely slippery.
用法筆記
Sleet is different from hail (冰雹), which consists of hard round balls of ice formed inside thunderstorm clouds, and from snow (雪), which is made of soft white ice crystals that stay frozen all the way down. Sleet falls as small, semi-transparent ice pellets that bounce when they hit the ground.
常見錯誤
sleet — verb
- sleetpresent simple I / you / we / they
- sleets3rd person singular
- sleeting-ing form
- sleetedpast simple
1. when sleet falls from the sky as a weather event; used with 'it' as the only pos
when sleet falls from the sky as a weather event; used with 'it' as the only possible subject, following the same pattern as 'it rains' or 'it snows'
Wei had to walk carefully because it started to sleet as he left the office.
it + started to sleet — inchoative pattern for weather verbs
The radio warned that it would sleet overnight, so Rodrigo left work an hour early.
it + would sleet — future prediction with weather verb
It was sleeting hard when Mei-Lin reached the airport, so she waited inside.
The children hoped for snow, but instead it began to sleet over the town.
文法句型
it + sleet(s) / is sleeting
用法筆記
This verb only ever takes 'it' as its subject, following the same pattern as 'it rains' and 'it snows'. The progressive form ('it is sleeting') is the most common in everyday speech. The simple present ('it sleets') is rare and mostly used in weather forecasts.