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    hailstorm

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Nature
    hail·storm /ˈheɪlstɔːm $ -ɔːrm/ noun [countable]  DNa storm when a lot of hail falls 雹暴
    Examples from the Corpus
    hailstorm• Towering convective clouds rained down a hailstorm of ash, and firebrands even spanned the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.• The slight rattle of the windows in the theater builds to a clatter like a hailstorm.• The quay was white and slippery with the granules of a recent hailstorm.• Then came low commodity prices, scab disease, excessive moisture and crop-robbing hailstorms.
    hail·storm nounChineseSyllable
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    hailstorm
    hail‧storm /ˈheɪlstɔːm $ -ɔːrm/ noun [countable]
    a storm when a lot of hail falls


    hail·stormBrE /ˈheɪlstɔːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheɪlstɔːrm/ 🔊 nouna storm during which hail falls from the sky 雹暴