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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   cascade

   • IPA[kaˈskād]

   美式

   • n.
     a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope；a mass of something that falls or hangs in copious or luxuriant quantities
   • v.
     (of water) pour downward rapidly and in large quantities；fall or hang in copious or luxuriant quantities

   • verb: cascade, 3rd person present: cascades, gerund or present participle: cascading, past tense: cascaded, past participle: cascaded

   • noun: cascade, plural noun: cascades

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope the waterfall raced down in a series of cascades
   • ▪ a mass of something that falls or hangs in copious or luxuriant quantities a cascade of pink bougainvillea
   • ▪ a large number or amount of something occurring or arriving in rapid succession a cascade of antiwar literature
   • 2. a process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is successively passed on the greater the number of people who are well briefed, the wider the cascade effect
   • ▪ a succession of devices or stages in a process, each of which triggers or initiates the next.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of water) pour downward rapidly and in large quantities water was cascading down the stairs
   • ▪ fall or hang in copious or luxuriant quantities blonde hair cascaded down her back
   • 2. arrange (a number of devices or objects) in a series or sequence.