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Avalanche Snow Fun Mountain Killed Falling Things Large

英语单词 avalanche
英美音标 英 ['ævəlɑːnʃ] 美 ['ævəlæntʃ]
中文释义 n.雪崩;大量
v.雪崩
英语例句 (1) The avalanche whelmed the small mountain village.
(2) He was buried by an avalanche and had to be dug out.
(3) What a precarious situation we were in when the avalanche started!
(4) They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
(5) The editorial office received an avalanche of mail.
(6) Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.
中文例句 (1) 雪崩淹没了小山村。
(2) 他遇雪崩被埋住了,得把他挖出来。
(3) 雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊!
(4) 他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
(5) 编辑部收到大量的信件。
(6) 在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
vocabulary简明 Look out below! An avalanche is a whole lot of falling snow and ice. Also, life can feel like an avalanche when things get hectic.
vocabulary扩展 Avalanche may be a fun word, but it's not a fun thing. If you were in a real, literal avalanche, then a huge amount of snow, ice, rocks, and mud would be falling off a mountain — potentially on to you. People get killed in avalanches. On the other hand, if every teacher in school gives you homework on the same night, that is "an avalanche of schoolwork." You'll survive it, but it's not much fun at the time.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]雪崩 An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
    2
    [N-SING 单数名词]纷至沓来;蜂拥而至 You can refer to a very large quantity of things that all arrive or happen at the same time as an avalanche of them.
      [usu N of n]
    • The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.

      新来者受到了广泛的关注。

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