| 单词 | avalanche |
| 释义 | avalanche (once / 1628 pages) nv Look out below! An avalanche is a whole lot of falling snow and ice. Also, life can feel like an avalanche when things get hectic. Avalanche may be a fun word, but it's not a fun thing. If you were in a real, literal avalanche, then a huge amount of snow, ice, rocks, and mud would be falling off a mountain — potentially on to you. People get killed in avalanches. On the other hand, if every teacher in school gives you homework on the same night, that is "an avalanche of schoolwork." You'll survive it, but it's not much fun at the time. WORD FAMILYavalanche: avalanched, avalanches, avalanching USAGE EXAMPLESMiller added two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Saturday night. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Every year, about 30 Americans die in avalanches, with an additional 110 deaths in Canada and Europe. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) This will likely affect traffic getting to the ski slopes as road crews conduct avalanche control work. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain Hypo|Hyper lahar an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano slide (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. 2n a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things the program brought an avalanche of mail Hyper happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 3v gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow Syn|Hyper roll down come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
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