英语词汇“a snowball's chance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. In allusive use (common in the 17th cent.). a snowball's chance in hell: no chance at all; cf. hell n. and int. Phrases 6i. Also elliptical as a snowball's chance.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase > typical example of

snowball1612

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > expression of despair [phrase]

not a hope (in hell)1923

a snowball's chance in hell1931

a snowball's chance1934

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1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. H^v Your good heart gathers like a snow-ball, Now your affection's cold.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 519 They passed through Fraunce, Germanie, Hungarie, their company (like a snow~ball) encreasing as they went.

1674 Govt. Tongue vi. 75 For reports we know like snow balls gather still the farther they roule.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 181 For they are like a Snow-ball, and intend to gather Company as they go.

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 610 His army, increasing like a snowball.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 43 The caravan, like a snow-ball, increases in bulk as it rolls on.

(b)1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 33 The Rebels tooke their way towards Yorke... But their Snow-ball did not gather as it went.1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 3 Before this snow-ball grew greater by rolling, Count Mansfield raiseth Forces.1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xix. 170 Such a Snowball hee might easily gather by rowling through those cold and dark provinces of ignorance and leudness.(c)1931 Amer. Speech 6 435 As much chance as a snowball in hell.1934 Esquire Sept. 27 He wouldn't have a snowball's chance with you.1961 K. Vonnegut Sirens of Titan (1962) v. 129 The Army of Mars didn't have the chance of a snowball in hell.1966 J. Porter Sour Cream vii. 94 One telephone call from Melkin..and Babak wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell.1977 Amer. Machinist 1 June 27 There is not a snowball's chance in Haiti of making the deadline on an across-the-board basis.1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) i. i. 4 ‘Told 'em there wasn't a snowball's chance,’ a woman assistant dispatcher called over.

单词	a snowball's chance
释义	> as lemmas a snowball's chance b. In allusive use (common in the 17th cent.). a snowball's chance in hell: no chance at all; cf. hell n. and int. Phrases 6i. Also elliptical as a snowball's chance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase > typical example of snowball1612 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > expression of despair [phrase] not a hope (in hell)1923 a snowball's chance in hell1931 a snowball's chance1934 (a) 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. H^v Your good heart gathers like a snow-ball, Now your affection's cold. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 519 They passed through Fraunce, Germanie, Hungarie, their company (like a snow~ball) encreasing as they went. 1674 Govt. Tongue vi. 75 For reports we know like snow balls gather still the farther they roule. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 181 For they are like a Snow-ball, and intend to gather Company as they go. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 610 His army, increasing like a snowball. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 43 The caravan, like a snow-ball, increases in bulk as it rolls on. (b)1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 33 The Rebels tooke their way towards Yorke... But their Snow-ball did not gather as it went.1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 3 Before this snow-ball grew greater by rolling, Count Mansfield raiseth Forces.1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xix. 170 Such a Snowball hee might easily gather by rowling through those cold and dark provinces of ignorance and leudness.(c)1931 Amer. Speech 6 435 As much chance as a snowball in hell.1934 Esquire Sept. 27 He wouldn't have a snowball's chance with you.1961 K. Vonnegut Sirens of Titan (1962) v. 129 The Army of Mars didn't have the chance of a snowball in hell.1966 J. Porter Sour Cream vii. 94 One telephone call from Melkin..and Babak wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell.1977 Amer. Machinist 1 June 27 There is not a snowball's chance in Haiti of making the deadline on an across-the-board basis.1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) i. i. 4 ‘Told 'em there wasn't a snowball's chance,’ a woman assistant dispatcher called over. extracted from snowballn. < as lemmas
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