Snowball
[ 'snəubɔ:l;'snəuˌbɔ:l ]
n. 雪球;[植]荚蒾属;
vi. 打雪仗;滚雪球般增大;
vt. 向…掷雪球;使滚雪球般增大;
📝 例句
All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.
所有这些宣传对他们最新唱片的销售产生了一种滚雪球效应。
📖 牛津释义
snowball
n mass of snow pressed into a hard ball for throwing in play 雪球
children throwing snowballs at each other 打雪仗的儿童. v [I]
1 throw snowballs 掷雪球; 打雪仗
children snowballing in the park 在公园打雪仗的儿童.
2 (fig 比喻) grow quickly in size, importance, etc （体积、 重要性等）（像滚雪球般）迅速增大
Opposition to the war snowballed. 反战情绪急速增长.
🔁 扩展释义
*['snәubɒ:l]n. 雪球, 果味冰霜卷, 滚雪球式的募捐法vt. 向...丢雪球, 使滚雪球般增长vi. 打雪仗, 滚雪球般增长
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, it always worked for me, too.
嗯， 这办法对我也累试不爽。
Mrs.Jones,this is Mr. John Smith.
琼斯夫人，这是约翰、史密斯先生。
who is which depending on whether the customer's account is in credit or is overdrawn.
究竟谁是债务人谁是债权人，要看储户的账户是有结余还是透支。