Avalanche
[ 'ævəlæntʃ ]
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n. 雪崩;
vi. 崩塌;
📝 例句
an avalanche of questions
连珠炮似的问题 [质问]
She was avalanched with invitations.
她收到多得无法应付的请帖。
Every major publisher receives a daily avalanche of manuscripts and proposals.
每一个较重要的出版商每天接到大量的原稿和建议。
We received an avalanche of inquiries.
我们一下子收到了大批询问信函。
Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.
在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ava-谐音“啊哇”,lan-拼音“拦”,che-拼音“车”:啊哇,雪崩了快拦车
※ ava-“ava”号,lan-拼音“揽”,che-拼音“车”:“ava”号揽车崩塌坠落了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
avalanche
n
mass of snow, ice and rock that slides rapidly down the side of a mountain 雪崩; 山崩
Yesterday's avalanche killed a party of skiers and destroyed several trees. 昨天的雪崩造成一批滑雪者死亡, 并毁坏了一些树木.
(fig 比喻) We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement. 广告登出後, 我们收到雪片般涌来的大批信件.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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No, thanks.
不用了， 谢谢。
I asked him to check it for me, but he wouldn't.
我请他帮我检查，但是他不肯。
Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.
没过多久，警察就截住了那辆车，两个小偷都被抓住了。