snowball

英 [ˈsnəʊbɔːl]

美 [ˈsnoʊbɔːl]

n.  雪球; 滚雪球般发展的情形; 雪球鸡尾酒(含白兰地蛋酒和柠檬汽水)
v.  滚雪球般迅速增大(或趋于严重、变得重要等)

复数：snowballs　第三人称单数：snowballs　现在分词：snowballing　过去式：snowballed　过去分词：snowballed　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.19913 / COCA.13612

习惯用语

n.

not have a snowball's chance in hell
• 根本不可能；毫无机会
  to have no chance at all

牛津词典

noun

• 雪球
  a ball that you make out of snow to throw at sb/sth in a game
  1. a snowball fight
     雪仗
• 滚雪球般发展的情形
  a situation that develops more and more quickly as it continues
  1. All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.
     所有这些宣传对他们最新唱片的销售产生了一种滚雪球效应。
• 雪球鸡尾酒（含白兰地蛋酒和柠檬汽水）
  a cocktail (= a type of alcoholic drink) that contains advocaat and lemonade

verb

• 滚雪球般迅速增大（或趋于严重、变得重要等）
  if a problem, a plan, an activity, etc. snowballs , it quickly becomes much bigger, more serious, more important, etc.

柯林斯词典

• 雪球
  Asnowballis 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 campaignsnowballs, it rapidly increases and grows.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
• ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
• ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
• plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
  Synonym:sweet sand verbenaAbronia elliptica

verb

• increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
• throw snowballs at

双语例句

• He rolled a snowball.
  他滚了一个雪球。
• And what is this? It is a snowball, and it is walking!
  这个家伙是什么呀？是个雪球！还在走呢！
• What has the snowball effect got to do with motivation?
  雪球效应和动力有什么关系？
• A campfire feels(). A snowball thrown in our face feels() and hurts.
  篝火让我们觉得温暖，而砸在脸上的雪球则会让我们觉得冰冷和疼痛。
• We always play outside, have snowball fight, and make snow man.
  我们一直都在外面玩打雪仗，堆雪人。
• I am sure getting a lot of exercise in this snowball fight.
  我肯定可以在雪球战里充分运动。
• Looks I then joined in this group of crowds a pile of snowman to have a snowball fight.
  看着看着我便加入了这帮人群中堆雪人打雪仗。
• 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。
• My mother and dad isn't careful while knead a snowball, quickly threw in the past.
  我和妈妈趁爸爸不注意的时候，迅速捏好一个雪球扔了过去。
• After that, Sunshine spent all his time consoling Snowball.
  在那之后，阳光把它所有的时间都花在安慰雪球上，雪球终于开始恢复了原来的声音。