a mixture of rain and snow 雨夹雪 The rain was turning to sleet. 那雨正变成雨夹雪。 The wind was blowing hard and bringing with it sleet. 风刮得很大,带来了雨夹雪。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySleet is used before these nouns:- shower
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) ‘hail’ and German Schlosse ‘hailstone’.