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单词 snowball
释义
snowball
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/us
/ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/
aballofsnowpressedtogether in thehands,especiallyforthrowing
雪球
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: snow & ice
  • anti-icing
  • antifreeze
  • avalanche
  • be snowed inidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • freezing
  • glaciation
  • glacier
  • glaciology
  • hail
  • icicle
  • pack ice
  • sleet
  • slush
  • snowflake generation
  • snowpack
  • snowstorm
  • terminal moraine
  • thundersnow
  • unfreeze
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Idioms

not have a snowball's chance in hell
a snowball effect
snowball
verb[I]
uk
/ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/us
/ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/
If aplan,problem,idea, etc. snowballs, itquicklygrowsbiggerand moreimportant:
滚雪球般迅速增大；（程度、规模）不断扩大
Isuggesteda fewdrinksafterwork, and thewholething snowballedintoacompanyparty.我提议下班后喝几杯，结果最后发展成了一场公司聚会。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
  • -ify
  • accretion
  • accumulate
  • accumulative
  • add fuel to the fireidiom
  • additive
  • blaze
  • crank
  • heighten
  • hot up
  • increase
  • increment
  • inflation
  • mushroom
  • re-escalation
  • redouble
  • resurge
  • rocket
  • saturation
  • stake
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(Definition ofsnowballfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

snowball| American Dictionary

snowball
noun[C]
us
/ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/

snowballnoun[C](BALL OF SNOW)

snowpressedinto aball
snowball
verb[I]
us
/ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/

snowballverb[I](INCREASE QUICKLY)

togrowquicklyinsizeorimportance:
Publicsupportformilitaryactionhas snowballed.
(Definition ofsnowballfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

snowball| Business English

snowball
verb[I]
uk
/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/us
toquicklygrowbiggeror moreimportant:
TheproblemswereapparentinApril, and thesituationseemsto have snowballed from there.
When themarketbegantotumble, itcausedherlossesto snowball.
Whatbeganin the US as the 'dress-downFriday'trendhas snowballed.
(Definition ofsnowballfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsnowball

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If we bear in mind the performance of recent years, there is not a snowball's chance in the hot place of doing that.
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There is a leeway with not a snowball's chance of it ever being made up.
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As we know from bitter experience, there is not a snowball's chance of getting them back.
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Does he realise that the 120,000 people on the city's housing waiting list have no prospect, not a snowball's chance in heaven.
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If that person manages to get on it, however, he is so far down the list of priorities that he does not have a snowball's chance of getting a dwelling.
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Accessing hidden and hard-to-reach populations :snowballresearch strategies.
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All of these studies found that low latitudes cool with large obliquities, and some cases achieve a 100 %snowballearth.
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The respondents consisted of a convenience orsnowballsample.
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Bankruptcies will spread and a domino orsnowballeffect will follow.
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In the dirtysnowballmodel, the velocity is the result of jet action.
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The simple procedure and tiny scar, are more likely to encourage relatives or friends to seek sterilization and accelerate thesnowballeffect.
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Interviewers gathered data at retired people's clubs and associations, and by making personal contacts, following a 'snowballeffect' type of procedure.
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The relatively small population of medium and large-scale companies in the manufacturing sector in the study region led to purposive andsnowballselection of participating firms.
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While the demonstration orsnowballeffect has received considerable attention from 'third wave' democratization scholars, only recently have scholars begun work to determine the extent and magnitude of this phenomenon.
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A "snowball" effect would accelerate the increase.
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