avalanche

英['ævəlɑːnʃ] 美['ævəlæntʃ]
  • n. 雪崩;大量
  • v. 雪崩
avalanched avalanched avalanching avalanches
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星级词汇:
  • availability n.有效;有用;有益;可得到的人(或物);可用性
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

1. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声。

来自柯林斯例句

2. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄

来自《权威词典》

3. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He was swept away in an avalanche.
他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    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。