Snowball
[ 'snəubɔ:l;'snəuˌbɔ:l ]
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;
📝 例句
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。
📖 牛津释义
snowball
n mass of snow pressed into a hard ball for throwing in play 雪球
children throwing snowballs at each other 打雪仗的儿童. v [I]
1 throw snowballs 掷雪球; 打雪仗
children snowballing in the park 在公园打雪仗的儿童.
2 (fig 比喻) grow quickly in size, importance, etc （体积、 重要性等）（像滚雪球般）迅速增大
Opposition to the war snowballed. 反战情绪急速增长.
🔁 扩展释义
*['snәubɒ:l]n. 雪球, 果味冰霜卷, 滚雪球式的募捐法vt. 向...丢雪球, 使滚雪球般增长vi. 打雪仗, 滚雪球般增长
🗣️ 情景例句
Would you like something to eat?
来吃点东西， 好吗？
He can only speculate as to which horse will win the race.
他只能推测那一匹在赛马中会获胜。
If I win a lot of money I'll buy you a mink coat.
要是我赢了许多钱，我给你买件貂皮大衣。