单词	snowball
释义	snowball /ˈsnəʊbɔːl / noun 1A ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun: they pelted him with snowballs... Sighing, she slide down the tree she had been leaning against and packed a snowball, idly throwing it into the stream in front of her. Denny managed to pack a snowball together and threw it at my chest. Another winter evening, many many years ago, Beth had found herself pummeled by snowballs thrown by a pack of mean kids after school. 1.1A thing that grows rapidly in size, intensity, or importance: a public-debt snowball that could grow to American proportions [as modifier]: the closures are expected to have a snowball effect, impacting jobs and tax revenues... It now appears that the snowball has already grown in size and discrimination. They increase the size of their snowballs by working with connected communities - blogging intelligently, nurturing online dialogue, collaborating intelligently. I've sat across the table from editors and producers when the snowball has grown so large it has to be thrown; so much has gone into the story that nothing is going to stop it from airing. 2A cocktail containing advocaat and lemonade. 3A dessert resembling a ball of snow, especially one containing or covered in ice cream.The three-packs of snowballs and caramel teacakes are being sold through petrol station forecourts and other outlets.... It reminds me of a Hostess snowball only better - more alluring. Tunnock's has been making its snowballs, caramel wafers and teacakes for 50 years. verb 1 [with object] Throw snowballs at: I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing Celia... They were in a Missouri town and Louis, on the way to the theatre with his female companion, was snowballed by some hoodlums. 2 [no object] Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance: the campaign was snowballing... Things will get better and bands will become motivated and eventually it will snowball into something of importance. But its global economic importance has been snowballing since China's Communist rulers decreed an experiment in capitalist economics there in 1980. I nodded absently, still humming the song as I thought about the dilemma that was rather rapidly snowballing. Phrases a snowball's chance (in hell) Rhymes lowball, no-ball
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