Snowball
[ 'sn?ub?:l;'sn?u?b?:l ]
n. 雪球;[植]莢蒾屬;
vi. 打雪仗;滾雪球般增大;
vt. 向…擲雪球;使滾雪球般增大;
?? 例句
All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.
所有這些宣傳對他們最新唱片的銷售產生了一種滾雪球效應。
?? 牛津釋義
snowball
n mass of snow pressed into a hard ball for throwing in play 雪球
children throwing snowballs at each other 打雪仗的兒童. v [I]
1 throw snowballs 擲雪球; 打雪仗
children snowballing in the park 在公園打雪仗的兒童.
2 (fig 比喻) grow quickly in size, importance, etc （體積、 重要性等）（像滾雪球般）迅速增大
Opposition to the war snowballed. 反戰情緒急速增長.
?? 擴展釋義
*['sn?ub?:l]n. 雪球, 果味冰霜卷, 滾雪球式的募捐法vt. 向...丟雪球, 使滾雪球般增長vi. 打雪仗, 滾雪球般增長
??? 情景例句
I want you to know something, Son.
我希望你知道一件事， 孩子。
One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows.
有的耕，有的播，誰來收獲很難說。
but of course I cannot do so because I am a prisoner of the present-day world,
不過我是做不到的，因為我和你們大家一樣，