单词 | snow |
释义 | Word Frequency snow(snəʊ) noun 1. precipitation from clouds in the form of flakes of ice crystals formed in the upper atmosphere ▶ Related adjective: niveous2. a layer of snowflakes on the ground 3. a fall of such precipitation 4. anything resembling snow in whiteness, softness, etc 5. the random pattern of white spots on a television or radar screen, produced by noise in the receiver and occurring when the signal is weak or absent 6. slang cocaine 7. carbon dioxide snow verb 8. (intr; with it as subject) to be the case that snow is falling 9. (tr; usually passive, foll by over, under, in, or up) to cover or confine with a heavy fall of snow 10. (often with it as subject) to fall or cause to fall as or like snow 11. (transitive) US and Canadian slang to deceive or overwhelm with elaborate often insincere talk snow job 12. be snowed under Derived forms snowless (ˈsnowless) adjective snowlike (ˈsnowˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek niphaWord Frequency Snow(snəʊ) noun C(harles) P (ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70) |
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