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单词 snowy
释义

snowy

/ˈsnəʊi /
adjective (snowier, snowiest)
1Covered with snow: snowy mountains...
  • He was in a sea of pine bushes covering the snowy valley of another mountain strip.
  • We crept downstairs over warm, underfloor-heated carpets to a blazing fire in the sitting room, a mound of presents underneath the tree and huge windows gazing out on to snowy mountains.
  • They drive across the country to his remote log cabin in snowy mountains, bonding along the way despite their implacably opposed positions in the situation.
1.1(Of weather or a period of time) characterized by snowfall: a snowy January day...
  • Rainy or snowy weather also affects driver visibility and control of the vehicle.
  • During extremely cold, snowy periods raccoons have been observed sleeping for long periods at a time, but do not hibernate.
  • However, it must be stated that the majority of Scotland's population do not endure severe, snowy winters.
1.2Of or like snow, especially in being pure white: snowy hair...
  • Above them was a castle made of pure, white snowy clouds.
  • Her dress was pure snowy white, of course, simple and off-the-shoulder.
  • Her snowy white hair rose like a wedding cake on the crown of her tiny head, every curl lacquered in place with multiple applications of hairspray.

Derivatives

snowily

adverb ...
  • Imagine discovering this, one of the most snowily romantic of works, in an overwhelming performance and recording.
  • Red poinsettias lend hits of Christmas color upstairs and down, flanking the snowily dressed bed in the master bedroom.
  • Given that conditions were clear blue overhead, with the whole country basking snowily under sunlight, it was extraordinarily difficult to see where I was going.

snowiness

/ˈsnəʊɪnəs/ noun ...
  • You could also seek a dress with lots of sparkly beads and sequins to evoke the snowiness of the season.
  • Click on the picture to see the glorious snowiness - it's not showing up well in the thumbnail.
  • The writer wants to stress the coldness of the New England winter, rather than its interminable length, its gloominess, its snowiness and many other qualities that it always possesses.

Rhymes

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