snow
n
1 [U] frozen water vapour that falls to the ground from the sky in soft white flakes; mass of such flakes on the ground, etc 雪; 雪花; 雪片; 積雪
a heavy fall of snow 下大雪
roads deep in snow 積雪很深的道路
Children were playing in the snow. 孩子們在雪中玩耍.
2 [C usu pl 通常作復(fù)數(shù)]
(fml 文) fall of snow 下雪; 降雪
The snows came early that year. 那年雪下得很早.
3 [U] (sl 俚) powdered cocaine (粉狀的)可卡因.
4 (idm 習(xí)語) pure as the driven snow => pure. white as snow => white1.
snow v
1 [I] (used with it 與it連用) come down from the sky as snow 下雪; 降雪
It snowed all day. 下了一整天雪.
It was snowing when I woke up. 我醒來時(shí)正在下雪.
2 [Tn] (US infml 口) attempt to deceive or persuade (sb) by elaborate but often insincere talk 用花言巧語欺騙或說服(某人).
3 (phr v) snow sb in/up (usu passive 通常用於被動(dòng)語態(tài)) prevent sb from going out by snowing heavily 被大雪困住(不能外出)
We were snowed in for three days last winter by the blizzards. 去年冬天, 一?quot;┓繆┌鹽頤搶?dǎo)栽傄梨J烀懷雒? snow sb under (with sth) (usu passive 通常用於被動(dòng)語態(tài)) overwhelm sb 使某人不勝負(fù)荷
I was snowed under with work. 我工作忙得不可開交.
snowed under with applications for the job 求職申請書多得接應(yīng)不暇.