snowball

英['snəʊbɔːl] 美['snoʊbɔːl]
  • n. 雪球;打雪仗;滚雪球式的募捐法
  • v. 向 ... 丢雪球;使生长或快速的增长
snowballed snowballed snowballing snowballs
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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

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。

来自《权威词典》

2. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A snowball knocked his hat off.
一个雪球飞来把他的帽子打落在地.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A snowball gathers as it goes on.
雪球越滚越大.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He rolled a snowball.
他滚了一个雪球.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He was hit by a volley of snowballs.
      他被一阵投来的雪球击中了。
    2. We like having snowball fights in winter.
      我们喜欢在冬天里打雪仗。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The children snowballed each other.
      孩子们互相掷雪球。
    2. Orders for the new product have begun to snowball because of our new ad campaign.
      由于我们的新的广告促销活动,新产品的订货单开始像滚雪球一样迅速增多。