snowball
snowball
英[ˈsnəʊbɔ:l]美[ˈsnoʊbɔl]
n.雪球，[植]荚蒾属；
vi.打雪仗，滚雪球般增大；
vt.向…掷雪球，使滚雪球般增大；
复数：snowballs;
第三人称单数：snowballs;
过去式：snowballed;
过去分词：snowballed;
现在分词：snowballing;
例句
Look at this traffic! I’m afraid we haven’t got a snowball’s chance in hell of getting to the airport in time.看看有多少车！恐怕我们根本没有指望能及时赶到机场。
A snowball gathers as it rolls.雪球越滚越大。
A snowball knocked his hat off.一个雪球飞来把他的帽子打落在地。
When you squeeze a handful of snow, the flakes cohere to make a snowball.你把一团雪捏紧,雪就黏合成雪球。
Tom turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball.汤姆被人用雪球击中时,竟还准备再挨一下.
All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.所有这些宣传对他们*新唱片的销售产生了一种滚雪球效应。
My best friends and I made snowmen and had snowball fights there.我和我*好的朋友在这里堆雪人打雪仗.
Broadly , they endorse Dr Patel's conclusion that Snowball is jiving to the beat.他们基本上赞成帕特博士的结论,“雪球”的确在踩着节奏摇摆.
A snowball gathers as it goes on.雪球越滚越大.
Snowball the cockatoo just loves Backstreet Boys.风头鹦鹉[雪球]酷爱[新好男孩].
同义词
snowball的同义词之：
aggrandize词组
a snowball's chance (in hell)
(informal)no chance at all(非正式)毫无希望柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
雪球
A snowball is a ball of snow. Children often throw snowballs at each other.
VERB
(项目、运动等)迅速增长，滚雪球般增长
If something such as a project or campaign snowballs, it rapidly increases and grows.
例句
From those early days the business has snowballed...这个企业从早期开始就一直在迅速地发展扩大。The investigation snowballed from there and has since led to several arrests.从那里开始，调查范围迅速扩大，有几人已经被逮捕。英汉词典释义
n.
雪球
A snowball gathers as it rolls.雪球越滚越大。A snowball knocked his hat off.一个雪球飞来把他的帽子打落在地。Sabina tried to get him to throw snowballs with her.莎宾娜想让他和她扔雪球玩。When you squeeze a handful of snow, the flakes cohere to make a snowball.你把一团雪捏紧,雪就黏合成雪球。The boys were chucking snowballs at passing cars.那些男孩子冲着汽车扔雪球。They like to press wet snow hard to make snowballs.他们喜欢把湿雪捏成雪球。Tom turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball.汤姆被人用雪球击中时,竟还准备再挨一下。After the boys threw the snowballs they saw a large lady bearing down upon them from across the street.男孩子们投了雪球后,只见对面一个身材高大的妇女冲他们走来。vi.
(计划、问题等)滚雪球似地迅速增大
根本不可能(做某事)；机会渺茫
Look at this traffic! I’m afraid we haven’t got a snowball’s chance in hell of getting to the airport in time.看看有多少车！恐怕我们根本没有指望能及时赶到机场。英英词典释义
Noun
1. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
2. ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
3. ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
4. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
Verb
1. increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
2. throw snowballs at
