英语词汇“snowballed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

snowball

2 of 2

verb

snowballed; snowballing; snowballs

intransitive : to increase, accumulate, expand, or multiply at a rapidly accelerating rate

a trend that has begun to snowball

It was one of those games in which things just snowballed and kept getting worse for Philly …

Paul Zimmerman

The snowballing growth of the last few years probably cannot continue forever.

Tamar Lewin

transitive : to attack with snowballs : to throw snowballs at

Any man so unwise as to walk alone by day was apt to be set upon and snowballed …

Fritz Leiber

Example Sentences

Noun This snow is perfect for making snowballs. Verb Problems snowball when early trouble signs are ignored. What started as a small annual concert has snowballed into a full-fledged music festival. consumers dealing with snowballing debt

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Princess Estelle of Sweden celebrates her third birthday at La Haga Palace with a friendly snowball fight.

Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 6 June 2022 While there, future animators can paint in Rapunzel’s Art Studio, take in story time at Belle’s Library, and get in a snowball fight with Olaf at Anna and Elsa’s Sommerhus.

Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022 From snowball cookies to whoopie pies the sweets are endless.

Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022 The project began to snowball, accumulating about a few hundred scientific contributors and growing into what’s now called the Telomere-to-Telomere project, using a term that describes the end caps of chromosomes.

NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022 There are three popular approaches to tackling debt: snowball, avalanche and blizzard.

Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022 The disproportionate incarceration of people of color has a lasting snowball effect, Harris said, leading to a higher likelihood of unemployment and homelessness.

Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 If one of the earlier flights was delayed, there’d likely be a snowball effect.

Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022 Start small, aim to make a personal connection with one person at a time, keep track, build your waitlist and see your audience snowball.

Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 July 2022

Verb

There’s no clear successor yet for which lineage of the virus will snowball to dominance next and potentially drive up cases again.

J. Emory Parker And Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Jan. 2021 Lots of small failures quickly snowball into new and larger failures.

Mikhail Chester, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 Democrats are hoping the first glimmers of support from Republicans will snowball into wider support.

Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Those relatively small differences in fees can snowball into big losses over time, Pew found.

Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 4 July 2022 Web application issues propagate at the speed of data, so even small problems can quickly snowball into massive outages.

Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 24 June 2022 As a diplomatic crisis began to snowball in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Indian envoys were summoned to explain the country’s position.

Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 6 June 2022 The losses could snowball if the move inspires other companies such as Paramount Global or Warner Bros. Discovery to follow suit.

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2022 The conflict in Europe could snowball into a broader economic concern.

Firoz Valliji, Fortune, 19 May 2022 See More

单词	snowballed
释义	snowball 1 of 2 noun snow·ball ˈsnō-ˌbȯl 1 a : a round mass of snow pressed or rolled together b : snow cone 2 : any of several cultivated shrubby viburnums (genus Viburnum) with clusters of white sterile flowers called also snowball bush snowball 2 of 2 verb snowballed; snowballing; snowballs 1 intransitive : to increase, accumulate, expand, or multiply at a rapidly accelerating rate a trend that has begun to snowball It was one of those games in which things just snowballed and kept getting worse for Philly … Paul Zimmerman The snowballing growth of the last few years probably cannot continue forever. Tamar Lewin 2 transitive : to attack with snowballs : to throw snowballs at Any man so unwise as to walk alone by day was apt to be set upon and snowballed … Fritz Leiber Synonyms Verb accelerate accumulate appreciate balloon boom build up burgeon bourgeon climb enlarge escalate expand gain increase mount multiply mushroom proliferate rise roll up spread swell wax See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun This snow is perfect for making snowballs. Verb Problems snowball when early trouble signs are ignored. What started as a small annual concert has snowballed into a full-fledged music festival. consumers dealing with snowballing debt Recent Examples on the Web Noun Princess Estelle of Sweden celebrates her third birthday at La Haga Palace with a friendly snowball fight. Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 6 June 2022 While there, future animators can paint in Rapunzel’s Art Studio, take in story time at Belle’s Library, and get in a snowball fight with Olaf at Anna and Elsa’s Sommerhus. Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022 From snowball cookies to whoopie pies the sweets are endless. Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022 The project began to snowball, accumulating about a few hundred scientific contributors and growing into what’s now called the Telomere-to-Telomere project, using a term that describes the end caps of chromosomes. NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022 There are three popular approaches to tackling debt: snowball, avalanche and blizzard. Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022 The disproportionate incarceration of people of color has a lasting snowball effect, Harris said, leading to a higher likelihood of unemployment and homelessness. Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 If one of the earlier flights was delayed, there’d likely be a snowball effect. Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022 Start small, aim to make a personal connection with one person at a time, keep track, build your waitlist and see your audience snowball. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Verb There’s no clear successor yet for which lineage of the virus will snowball to dominance next and potentially drive up cases again. J. Emory Parker And Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Jan. 2021 Lots of small failures quickly snowball into new and larger failures. Mikhail Chester, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 Democrats are hoping the first glimmers of support from Republicans will snowball into wider support. Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Those relatively small differences in fees can snowball into big losses over time, Pew found. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 4 July 2022 Web application issues propagate at the speed of data, so even small problems can quickly snowball into massive outages. Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 24 June 2022 As a diplomatic crisis began to snowball in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Indian envoys were summoned to explain the country’s position. Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 6 June 2022 The losses could snowball if the move inspires other companies such as Paramount Global or Warner Bros. Discovery to follow suit. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2022 The conflict in Europe could snowball into a broader economic concern. Firoz Valliji, Fortune, 19 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 1820, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Phrases Containing snowball a snowball's chance in hell snowball effect snowball fight a snowball's chance in hell snowball effect snowball fight Kids Definition snowball noun snow·ball ˈsnō-ˌbȯl : a round mass of snow pressed or rolled together snowballed verb past tense of snowball as in increased to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the little problems we ignored began to snowball into huge headaches Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance increased swelled rose accelerated expanded ballooned mushroomed multiplied escalated climbed intensified proliferated accumulated spread waxed boomed surged burgeoned gained jumped mounted skyrocketed rolled up enlarged rocketed appreciated bourgeoned built up heightened peaked redoubled inflated crescendoed bulked crested distended blew up puffed (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms decreased diminished dwindled lessened contracted waned receded See More
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snowball

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