| 词汇 | hail from |
| 释义 | Idiom hail fromhail from (somewhere) to come from a place.Both John and Liza hail from South Carolina. Usage notes: sometimes used in referring to someone's background: Many of our students hail from poor backgrounds. Phr V hail from hails, hailed hail from swh (never in continuous tenses) formal to have been born in or to come from a particular placeWhere do you hail from with an accent like that? hail from sth not progressive to come from a particular place or type of family - used especially in newspaper or television reports about people: Joan hails from Newcastle, and her hobbies are reading and listening to music. Both his parents hailed from prominent tobacco-growing families.■ SIMILAR TO: come from hail from (some place)To originate from a particular place. I hail from the Midwest. Where are you from? hail from (some place)to come from some place as one's hometown or birthplace; to originate in some place. He hails from a small town in the Midwest. Where do you hail from? hail fromCome from, originate from, as in He hails from Oklahoma. This term originally referred to the port from which a ship had sailed. [Mid-1800s] hail fromv. To come or originate from some place: My boss hails from Texas. The governor hails from a small rural town. |
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