Sleet

(noun.) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow).

(verb.) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; 'If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet'.

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• I was often out in cold, rain, and sleet, but nobody took much note of me after I had been out a few times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Like a stray sheep that wanders over the sleet-beaten hill-side, while the flock is in the pen, and dies before morning-dawn. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow and listens for the returning steps that he expects. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We were again upon the melancholy road by which we had come, tearing up the miry sleet and thawing snow as if they were torn up by a waterwheel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The sleet fell all that day unceasingly, a thick mist came on early, and it never rose or lightened for a moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Now, indeed, as Martin set his face homeward, he felt that the sleet was sharp and the east wind cold. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A bitter sleet came rattling against us here on the east wind, and Joe took me on his back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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