sleet
sleet — 名詞
1. small, partly frozen ice pellets that form when falling snow partly melts before
冰霰
雨雪混合降落的小冰粒
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.
天氣預報員警告說，冰霰會讓早晨的通勤變得危險。
sleet + make + road conditions + adjective — common pattern
Ravindra slipped on a patch of sleet while walking to the bus stop.
Ravindra 在走去公車站的路上踩到一處冰霰而滑倒。
'patch of sleet' — referring to a small area covered with sleet
A layer of sleet covered Apinya's windscreen before the morning drive.
在早晨出門前，一層冰霰已經覆蓋了 Apinya 的擋風玻璃。
Drivers were told to slow down because sleet had made the highway extremely slippery.
當局呼籲駕駛人減速慢行，因為冰霰讓高速公路變得非常濕滑。
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 — 動詞
- 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
下冰霰
天空降下冰霰
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.
Wei 下班離開辦公室時，天空開始下起冰霰，讓他走路回家格外小心。
it + started to sleet — inchoative pattern for weather verbs
The radio warned that it would sleet overnight, so Rodrigo left work an hour early.
收音機氣象預報說夜間會下冰霰，所以 Rodrigo 提早一小時下班。
it + would sleet — future prediction with weather verb
It was sleeting hard when Mei-Lin reached the airport, so she waited inside.
Mei-Lin 抵達機場時，天空正下著冰霰，於是她待在裡面等。
The children hoped for snow, but instead it began to sleet over the town.
孩子們期待的是下雪，沒想到天空卻降起了冰霰，讓大家很失望。
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.