hail

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/heɪl/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 広義

(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. / (meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.

日本語の意味

雷雨などに伴って空から降ってくる氷の塊や氷のかけらのこと（雹）。 / このような氷の降下現象そのもの、すなわち雹雨や雹嵐と呼ばれる気象現象。

英語の意味

(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. / (meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.

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Hail hammered the roof for several minutes, sounding like a drum.

数分間、屋根を叩きつけるように雹が降り、太鼓のような音がしました。

詳細

意味（1）

(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

意味（2）

(meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.

意味（3）

(countable, by extension) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.

Their lack of good intelligence also meant that they vastly overestimated the size of their foes for far too long, hails of armor-piercing shells doing comparatively little damage compared to the high explosive that they should have been using.

詳細

hails （ plural ）