avalanche

英 ['ævəlɑːnʃ] 美 ['ævəlæntʃ]

• n. 雪崩；大量
• v. 雪崩

英英释义

Noun:

1. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

2. a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things;

   "the program brought an avalanche of mail"
   

Verb:

1. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The avalanche whelmed the small mountain village.
   雪崩淹没了小山村。
2. Three climbers are safe after the avalanche.
   雪崩过后，三个登山者平安无事。
3. He was buried by an avalanche and had to be dug out.
   他遇雪崩被埋住了，得把他挖出来。
4. What a precarious situation we were in when the avalanche started!
   雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊！
5. They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
   他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
6. The editorial office received an avalanche of mail.
   编辑部收到大量的信件。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.
   在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

经典引文

• An avalanche of indignant protests and appeals burst on him.

  出自： A. G. Gardiner

• He grasped the scuttle..and rattled an avalanche of coal on the fire.

  出自： C. McCullers

• The Nazis let loose an avalanche of laws and decrees.

  出自： H. Arendt

词汇搭配

• avalanche cone 雪崩锥
• avalanche breakdown 雪崩击穿,雪崩哗...
• avalanche multiplication 雪崩倍增,雪崩式倍增...
• powder avalanche 粉状雪崩
• debris avalanche 岩屑崩落
• rock avalanche 岩崩
• avalanche wind 雪崩气浪,雪崩风...
• avalanche characteristic 雪崩特性
• slab avalanche 板状雪崩
• sand avalanche 沙崩
• snow avalanche 雪崩
• mud avalanche 泥石流
• ground avalanche 块状雪崩,地面顽雪...
• glowing avalanche 灼热崩落
• mixed avalanche 混合雪崩
• avalanche voltage 雪崩电压

近反义词

【近义词】

• snow slip 雪崩
• fall 落下
• slide 滑动
• quantity 量
• increase 增加
• mass 大量
• inundation 淹没
• flood 淹没
• shower 淋浴
• storm 暴风雨
• roll down 滚下