hailstone

hailstone — noun

1. a frozen lump of ice that forms inside storm clouds and drops to the ground duri

1.名詞B1
釋義

a frozen lump of ice that forms inside storm clouds and drops to the ground during a severe thunderstorm

例句

During the storm, hailstones the size of golf balls damaged several cars in the parking lot.

collocation: the size of [object] describing hailstone dimensions

Aiko picked up a hailstone from the ground and was surprised by how cold it felt.

同義詞
  • ice pellet

    more technical term used in meteorology; refers to smaller frozen precipitation

  • hail

    uncountable noun referring to the collective mass or the weather event, not an individual piece

文法句型

hailstone(s) + verb (fall, hit, damage)

hailstones + the size of + noun

用法筆記

This word is usually plural (hailstones) because hailstones rarely fall alone. The uncountable noun 'hail' refers to the general phenomenon (e.g., 'Hail fell all afternoon'), while 'hailstone' refers to one individual piece.

常見錯誤

❌There was a lot of hailstones on the ground.
✅There were a lot of hailstones on the ground.
💡'hailstones' is a countable noun, so use 'were' instead of 'was'.
❌The hail was so big it broke the window.' (when referring to one specific stone)
✅The hailstone was so big it broke the window.
💡'hail' is uncountable and describes the collective ice fall; use 'hailstone' for a single piece.