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单词 snowstorm
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Definition of snowstorm in English:

snowstorm

nounˈsnəʊstɔːmˈsnoʊˌstɔrm
  • 1A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The seasonal weather continues through the month with gusts of up to seventy and eighty miles an hour and the occasional snowstorm, cloudburst and a touch of frost thrown in.
    • We are hoping that this will be a very busy year and the talk of tornados and snowstorms won't put people off.
    • The previous weekend there had been snowstorms; snow still lay on the ground around the house.
    • One morning, because of a heavy snowstorm, the messenger took the bus instead of driving.
    • It claims more victims each year than do snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
    • It's the end of the working day, but a heavy snowstorm has brought chaos to public transport and gridlock to the roads, thus trapping everyone in the smoking room after hours.
    • If the temperature rises during or after a snowstorm, it means heavier, wetter snow will be deposited on a less-stable powder base, increasing the risk of a slide.
    • And it was, I think, fate, because there was a horrible snowstorm and Gary got snowed in for three days.
    • The first day of classes was delayed by a heavy snowstorm; it was such as only occurs once every ten years, and people were in mixed moods when they finally came inside a warm classroom.
    • Heavy rain, snowstorms and tornadoes make holiday travel extremely difficult for some travelers tonight.
    • Patrick had told her it was strong enough to withstand many weather conditions, including hurricanes and snowstorms.
    • A heavy snowstorm came upon them and he contracted a cold from which he never recovered.
    • When you have to drive your car through a heavy snowstorm, you can't help but pay attention to every bump and slide.
    • In early May an unusually heavy snowstorm deposited record snowfall.
    • Winchester firefighters were also caught up in the bad weather when they had to walk part of the way to a house in the city struck by lightning during the snowstorm after their fire engine got stuck in heavy traffic.
    • The plumbing froze in the heaviest snowstorm of the year.
    • Instead of cold dry snowstorms, wet snow and warmer than normal temperatures should occur as storm systems traverse the southern third of the United States in late winter.
    • Will local meteorologists apply their teaching skills to this story as effectively as they explain hurricanes and snowstorms?
    • Among the many things that drivers would hate about the winter are snowfalls and snowstorms.
    • Furious winds and snowstorms halted the salvage operation on Friday, but gave way to clearing skies yesterday morning.
    1. 1.1 A shower or large quantity of something.
      a snowstorm of ash began to fall
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cameron turned left, her head swirling with a snowstorm of thoughts.
      • She discharged a shot into the ceiling, bringing a snowstorm of alien plaster falling on their heads.
      • When the wind kicks up, I feel as if I'm standing in a snowstorm of pods and pollen.
      • The desktop Trash Can, window buttons, dialog boxes and a task scheduler have all been claimed as intellectual property in a snowstorm of greedy patent filings.
      • Automatic weapon fire dissolved the first car in a snowstorm of broken glass.
      • It has denied that it's fiddling prices on its online promotion, in response to a snowstorm of customer complaints.
      • It is every air traffic controller's nightmare when a snowstorm of blips shows up on the radar screen.
      • But the two fires converged and saturated the compound in what one resident described as ‘a snowstorm of smoke.’
      • Joey was leaning against the wall, his short, black hair more conspicuous than ever, and he had it covered with his hands, as if there was a snowstorm of dandruff on it.
    2. 1.2 A toy or ornament consisting of a model of a scene in a liquid containing white particles which, when shaken, mimic a snowstorm.
 
 

Definition of snowstorm in US English:

snowstorm

nounˈsnoʊˌstɔrmˈsnōˌstôrm
  • 1A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Winchester firefighters were also caught up in the bad weather when they had to walk part of the way to a house in the city struck by lightning during the snowstorm after their fire engine got stuck in heavy traffic.
    • And it was, I think, fate, because there was a horrible snowstorm and Gary got snowed in for three days.
    • If the temperature rises during or after a snowstorm, it means heavier, wetter snow will be deposited on a less-stable powder base, increasing the risk of a slide.
    • The previous weekend there had been snowstorms; snow still lay on the ground around the house.
    • When you have to drive your car through a heavy snowstorm, you can't help but pay attention to every bump and slide.
    • It claims more victims each year than do snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
    • In early May an unusually heavy snowstorm deposited record snowfall.
    • Patrick had told her it was strong enough to withstand many weather conditions, including hurricanes and snowstorms.
    • The plumbing froze in the heaviest snowstorm of the year.
    • Instead of cold dry snowstorms, wet snow and warmer than normal temperatures should occur as storm systems traverse the southern third of the United States in late winter.
    • Furious winds and snowstorms halted the salvage operation on Friday, but gave way to clearing skies yesterday morning.
    • Will local meteorologists apply their teaching skills to this story as effectively as they explain hurricanes and snowstorms?
    • A heavy snowstorm came upon them and he contracted a cold from which he never recovered.
    • Heavy rain, snowstorms and tornadoes make holiday travel extremely difficult for some travelers tonight.
    • Among the many things that drivers would hate about the winter are snowfalls and snowstorms.
    • The first day of classes was delayed by a heavy snowstorm; it was such as only occurs once every ten years, and people were in mixed moods when they finally came inside a warm classroom.
    • It's the end of the working day, but a heavy snowstorm has brought chaos to public transport and gridlock to the roads, thus trapping everyone in the smoking room after hours.
    • One morning, because of a heavy snowstorm, the messenger took the bus instead of driving.
    • We are hoping that this will be a very busy year and the talk of tornados and snowstorms won't put people off.
    • The seasonal weather continues through the month with gusts of up to seventy and eighty miles an hour and the occasional snowstorm, cloudburst and a touch of frost thrown in.
    1. 1.1 A shower or large quantity of something.
      it swam away in a flurry of wings and flippers, raising a snowstorm of foam
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is every air traffic controller's nightmare when a snowstorm of blips shows up on the radar screen.
      • When the wind kicks up, I feel as if I'm standing in a snowstorm of pods and pollen.
      • It has denied that it's fiddling prices on its online promotion, in response to a snowstorm of customer complaints.
      • But the two fires converged and saturated the compound in what one resident described as ‘a snowstorm of smoke.’
      • Joey was leaning against the wall, his short, black hair more conspicuous than ever, and he had it covered with his hands, as if there was a snowstorm of dandruff on it.
      • The desktop Trash Can, window buttons, dialog boxes and a task scheduler have all been claimed as intellectual property in a snowstorm of greedy patent filings.
      • She discharged a shot into the ceiling, bringing a snowstorm of alien plaster falling on their heads.
      • Automatic weapon fire dissolved the first car in a snowstorm of broken glass.
      • Cameron turned left, her head swirling with a snowstorm of thoughts.
    2. 1.2 A toy or ornament consisting of a model of a scene in a liquid containing white particles which, when shaken, mimic a snowstorm.
 
 
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