snowflake

snow·flake

S0516800 (snō′flāk′) n. 1. A single flake or crystal of snow. 2. Any of several bulbous perennial plants of the genus Leucojum, native to Europe, having nodding white bell-shaped flowers. 3. A snow bunting. 4. Slang A person who is considered to be overly sensitive or too easily offended, especially as a result of believing himself or herself to be unique or special.

snowflake

(ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk) n1. (Physical Geography) one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow2. (Plants) any of various European amaryllidaceous plants of the genus Leucojum, such as L. vernum (spring snowflake), that have white nodding bell-shaped flowers

snow•flake

(ˈsnoʊˌfleɪk)

n. 1. one of the small crystals, flakes, or masses in which snow falls. 2. any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop. 3. snow bunting. [1725–35]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snowflake - a crystal of snow flakesnow, snowfall - precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystalsH2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solventcrystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structuresnow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
	2.	snowflake - white Arctic bunting Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbirdbunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North Americagenus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax - snow bunting

Translations

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snow

(snəu) noun frozen water vapour that falls to the ground in soft white flakes. We woke up to find snow on the ground; We were caught in a heavy snow-shower; About 15 centimetres of snow had fallen overnight. 雪 雪 verb to shower down in, or like, flakes of snow. It's snowing heavily. 下雪 下雪ˈsnowy adjective1. full of, or producing a lot of, snow. The weather has been very snowy recently. 多雪的 多雪的2. white like snow. the old man's snowy (white) hair. 雪白的 雪白的ˈsnowball noun a ball of snow pressed hard together, especially made by children for throwing, as a game. 雪球 雪球ˈsnowboard noun a board on which a person can stand and glide over snow for sport. 滑雪板 滑雪板ˈsnow-capped adjective (of mountains etc) having tops which are covered with snow. snow-capped peaks. 積雪蓋頂的 积雪盖顶的ˈsnowdrift noun a bank of snow blown together by the wind. There were deep snowdrifts at the side of the road. （被風吹成的）雪堆 （被风吹成的）雪堆 ˈsnowfall noun1. a fall or shower of snow that settles on the ground. There was a heavy snowfall last night. 下雪 下雪2. the amount of snow that falls in a certain place. The snowfall last year was much higher than average. 降雪量 降雪量ˈsnowflake noun one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls. A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky. 雪花 雪花ˈsnowstorm noun a heavy fall of snow especially accompanied by a strong wind. 暴風雪 暴风雪ˌsnow-ˈwhite adjective white like snow. 雪白的 雪白的snowed under overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work. Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work. 手頭有許多事務的，忙碌的 （被大量工作等）忙得不可开交的，压倒的

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