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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    snowball

    • IPA[ˈsnōˌbôl]

    美式

    • n.
      a ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun；a thing that grows rapidly in intensity or importance
    • v.
      throw snowballs at；increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance

    • verb: snowball, 3rd person present: snowballs, gerund or present participle: snowballing, past tense: snowballed, past participle: snowballed

    • noun: snowball, plural noun: snowballs

    • 釋義
    • 片語

    名詞

    • 1. a ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun they pelted him with snowballs
    • ▪ a thing that grows rapidly in intensity or importance the closures are expected to have a snowball effect, impacting jobs and tax revenues a public-debt snowball
    • 2. a cocktail containing gin, anisette, and cream.
    • 3. a dessert resembling a ball of snow, especially one containing or covered in ice cream.

    動詞

    • 1. throw snowballs at I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing Celia
    • 2. increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance the campaign was snowballing

    片語