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单词 snows under
释义

snow under

verb

snowed under; snowing under; snows under

transitive verb

1
: to overwhelm especially in excess of capacity to absorb or deal with something
2
: to defeat by a large margin

Synonyms

  • annihilate
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bury
  • clobber
  • cream
  • drub
  • dust
  • flatten
  • paste
  • rout
  • shellac
  • skin
  • skunk
  • smoke [slang]
  • smother
  • thrash
  • trim
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • wallop
  • wax [slang]
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
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Example Sentences

the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

snows under

verb

present tense third-person singular of snow under
1
as in blows away
to defeat by a large margin the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • blows away
  • bombs
  • masters
  • overcomes
  • buries
  • whips
  • beats
  • runs rings around
  • tops
  • beats the pants off
  • dusts
  • skins
  • eats alive
  • trims
  • skunks
  • flattens
  • smokes
  • pastes
  • routs
  • upsets
  • creams
  • annihilates
  • drubs
  • throws
  • shellacs
  • runs circles around
  • smothers
  • overwhelms
  • wallops
  • thrashes
  • overbears
  • waxes
  • clobbers
  • overmatches
  • exceeds
  • wipes the floor with
  • scores
  • surpasses
  • knocks over
  • knocks off
  • takes
  • succeeds
  • whups
  • wipes the ground with
  • conquers
  • sweeps
  • destroys
  • trounces
  • whomps
  • whaps
  • dispatches
  • caps
  • whops
  • triumphs (over)
  • tromps
  • licks
  • noses out
  • outfights
  • crushes
  • wins (against)
  • prevails (over)
  • eclipses
  • transcends
  • subdues
  • finishes
  • surmounts
  • bests
  • hurdles
  • subjugates
  • slaughters
  • vanquishes
  • flourishes
  • overthrows
  • overtops
  • excels
  • outshines
  • betters
  • overpowers
  • outdistances
  • worsts
  • outstrips
  • upends
  • outdoes
  • pips
  • breaks
  • sinks
  • does in
  • edges (out)
  • aces (out)
2
as in overwhelms
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • overwhelms
  • overcomes
  • overmasters
  • devastates
  • grinds (down)
  • crushes
  • swamps
  • rocks
  • whelms
  • oppresses
  • floors
  • overpowers
  • prostrates
  • disturbs
  • drowns
  • defeats
  • sinks
  • deluges
  • refutes
  • upsets
  • shatters
  • throws
  • confutes
  • distresses
  • unmans
  • staggers
  • demoralizes
  • breaks
  • unnerves
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