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

• When a snowball hit me, I was hiding behind a tree.
  当一个雪球击中我的时候，我正躲在一棵树后。
• Winter in many places means ice skating, sledding and snowball fights.
  在许多地方冬天意味着溜冰，雪橇和打雪仗。
• 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。
• He rolled a snowball.
  他滚了一个雪球。
• A snowball gathers as it goes on.
  雪球越滚越大。
• He puts a big snowball on top.
  他把一个大雪球放到了最上面来充当头部。
• My best friends and I made snowmen and had snowball fights there.
  我和我最好的朋友在这里堆雪人打雪仗。
• Problems snowball and you have to constantly adapt to new situations.
  问题像滚雪球一样越积越多，你必须不断适应新的情况。
• What has the snowball effect got to do with motivation?
  雪球效应和动力有什么关系？