Sleet is winter weather: rain that is half frozen, or a cold mix of rain and tiny ice, so what hits your coat is wet ice — not soft snow, and not the hard stones of hail. It makes pavements slippery and miserable.

Sleetsleet is winter weather是一種冬天的天氣 rain that is half frozen半結凍的雨 or a cold mix of rain and tiny ice或雨和小冰粒混在一起的冷天氣 so what hits your coat所以打在你外套上的 is wet ice是濕濕的冰 not soft snow不是鬆軟的雪 and not the hard stones of hail也不是hail（冰雹）那種硬石頭似的顆粒 It makes pavements它會讓人行道 slippery and miserable又滑又難受

In everyday British English, sleet is the ordinary word for that icy rain. Americans use it too, though weather presenters there sometimes split hairs between sleet, freezing rain, and ice pellets; for ordinary talk, if wet ice is falling, people still say it is sleeting.

In everyday British English在日常英式英語裡 sleet is the ordinary wordsleet是最普通的字 for that icy rain形容這種冰冷雨 Americans use it too美國人也用這個字 though weather presenters there雖然那邊的氣象主播 sometimes split hairs between sleet, freezing rain, and ice pellets有時候會細分sleet、freezing rain（凍雨）和ice pellets（冰粒） for ordinary talk但日常講話 if wet ice is falling只要是濕冰在下 people still say it is sleeting大家還是會說it is sleeting

It is a noun (“We had sleet all morning”) and a verb (“It sleeted overnight”). You cannot hold a piece of sleet the way you can hold a snowball; it is more a kind of falling weather than a thing in your hand.

It is a noun它可以當名詞 ("We had sleet all morning")（'We had sleet all morning' 我們整個早上都在下sleet） and a verb也可以當動詞 ("It sleeted overnight")（'It sleeted overnight' 昨晚下了一夜的sleet） You cannot hold a piece of sleet你沒辦法抓一把sleet在手上 the way you can hold a snowball像抓雪球那樣 it is more a kind of falling weather它比較像一種正在下的天氣 than a thing in your hand而不是手裡拿得到的東西

Taiwan almost never gets this, so you will meet the word in stories, news, and exams more than on the street.

Taiwan almost never gets this台灣幾乎不會遇到這種天氣 so you will meet the word所以你會遇到這個字 in stories, news, and exams在故事、新聞和考試裡 more than on the street比在街上遇到的機會多得多