1it snowsDNif it snows, snow falls from the sky 下雪
It snowed all night.
下了一整夜雪。
It started snowing around five.
5 点钟左右天下起了雪。
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started snowing• After two weeks it started snowing and the groundfroze.• He said it started snowing in the area around noon.
2be snowed inTTDNto be unable to travel from a place because so much snow has fallen there 被雪困住
We were snowed in for three days last winter.
去年冬天我们被大雪困了三天。
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be snowed in• However, there had been very heavy snow and the farmwas snowed in.• What they did when they were snowed in?• We were snowed in for three days last winter.
3be snowed under
a)BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DO informal to have more work than you can deal with 被…压得透不过气来,〔工作多得〕忙不过来,穷于应付
be snowed under with
I found myself snowed under with work.
我发觉自己工作忙不过来。
b)if an area is snowed under, a lot of snow has fallen there so that people are not able to travel 〔地方〕被雪封住
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be snowed under• Don't expect any help from them -- they're snowed under at the moment.• He had applied for a grant but at the time Liverpool CityCouncilwas snowed under by applications.• Since the hurricane, builders and roofers have been snowed under with work.
4[transitiveT]American EnglishAmE informalPERSUADE to persuade someone to believe or support something, especially by lying to them 蒙骗,使相信
snow somebody into doing something
Millions of readers were snowed into believing it was a true story.
无数读者上当,以为那是一个真实的故事。
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snow• It snowed again in the night, on an icy wind.• It snowed continually for three weeks.• In the last week it had positively snowedletters and business.• McDonald is manipulating his supporters, snowing them with his good looks.• It never snows there, and you can swim in the ocean all year round.• I found myself snowed under from the start.• Because I would never snow you.
From Longman Business Dictionary
snowsnow /snəʊsnoʊ/ verb
be snowed under (with something) to have a lot more work than you can deal with
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SNOW | VERB + SNOW | SNOW + VERB | SNOW + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤heavy, thick大雪▸➤fine, light細雪;小雪◇The plants were covered in fine snow.這些植物上覆蓋了一層細密的雪。➤deep厚厚的雪▸➤wet濕雪▸➤compacted, crisp, frozen, hard, icy, packed壓實的雪;踩上去吱吱作響的雪;凍雪;凍硬的雪◇The crisp snow crunched as we walked through it.我們走過雪地時,雪被踩得吱吱作響。◇The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在凍雪上行走非常危險。➤powder, powdery, slushy, soft粉狀雪;泥濘的雪;鬆軟的雪▸➤drifting, driving, falling, swirling積雪;暴風雪;落雪;飄舞的雪花◇They struggled on through the driving snow.他們在暴風雪中艱難前行。➤melted, melting融化了的雪;融雪▸➤fresh, freshly fallen, new, newly fallen剛下的雪;新雪▸➤first初雪◇the first snow of winter冬日初雪➤spring, winter春雪;冬雪▸➤artificial, fake人造雪◇They had to use artificial snow at the Winter Olympics.他們在冬奧會上不得不使用人造雪。➤dirty污雪... OF SNOW➤flake一片雪花▸➤fall, flurry一場雪;一陣雪▸➤patch一片雪地➤dusting一薄層雪◇There was a light dusting of snow on the ground.地上只有薄薄一層雪。➤blanket, carpet, layer一層雪➤pile一堆雪◇There were great big piles of snow on the road outside.外面路上有大堆大堆的雪。➤foot, inch⋯英尺厚的雪;⋯英寸厚的雪◇The porch is currently covered in three feet of snow.目前門廊上的雪有 3 英尺厚。◇Three inches of snow had fallen.下了 3 英寸厚的雪。➤handful一把雪◇He grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at Kate.他抓起一把雪向凱特扔去。VERB + SNOW➤be covered in被雪覆蓋◇The car was completely covered in snow.汽車整個被雪蓋住了。➤blow, clear, plough/plow, shovel, sweep吹雪;清雪;鏟雪;掃雪◇She cleared the snow from the path.她把小路上的雪清掃乾淨了。➤melt讓雪融化◇The sun came out and melted all the snow.太陽一出來雪都化了。➤expect期盼下雪◇We're expecting snow over the next few days.我們盼望着未來幾天能下雪。➤get, have下雪◇Southern Europe rarely gets snow.南歐很少下雪。➤struggle through, trudge through, walk through在雪地裏艱難行進◇I trudged through the snow and ice to the edge of town.我在冰雪中艱難跋涉來到城市的邊緣。SNOW + VERB➤cover sth, lie, pile, pile up, settle雪覆蓋⋯;雪落在⋯;雪堆積(起來)◇Snow covered everything from horizon to horizon.大雪覆蓋了視野中的一切。◇Snow had piled up against the walls of the house.雪靠着房子的牆堆積起來。◇It was too warm for the snow to settle.天太暖和了,雪都積不起來。➤come down, drift, drive, fall, swirl雪落下;雪花飄落;大雪驟降;雪花飛舞◇The heaviest snow is coming down in Maine.下雪最多的地方目前在緬因州。➤melt, thaw雪融化SNOW + NOUN➤flurry, shower, storm (usually snowstorm)陣雪;暴雪▸➤conditions雪況◇The snow conditions were excellent.雪況極好。➤fall (usually snowfall)降雪(量)◇a heavy snowfall大雪◇a light snowfall小雪◇an area of low snowfall降雪量少的地區➤cover積雪◇The glacier provides skiers with year-round snow cover.冰川讓滑雪者一年四季都能享受積雪。➤line (usually snowline)雪線◇animals that live above the snowline在雪線以上生活的動物➤bank, drift (usually snowdrift)雪堤;風積雪堆◇He got his car stuck in a snowdrift.他的車陷進雪堆裏。➤field (usually snowfield)雪原➤slide (NAmE) (usually snowslide)(avalanche in BrE)雪崩➤day (NAmE) 下雪天(因大雪學校停課、企業停產)◇Growing up in New York, I had my share of snow days.在紐約長大的我,也享受了不少因下大雪而放假的日子。➤blower(usually snowblower) , plough/plow(usually snowplough/snowplow) , shovel吹雪機;掃雪機;除雪車➤cannon, gun造雪機;雪炮;雪槍▸➤blindness雪盲➤chains, tyre/tire雪地防滑鏈/防滑胎➤shoe (usually snowshoe)雪鞋➤globe雪景球◇She bought a plastic snow globe with the Eiffel Tower inside.她買了一個塑料雪景球,裏面是埃菲爾鐵塔。PREPOSITION➤across the snow穿過雪地◇We walked across the snow to the road.我們走過雪地,來到公路上。➤in snow, into snow在雪地裏;到雪地裏◇The children are playing in the snow.孩子們在雪地裏玩耍。➤through snow穿過雪地◇We struggled through the deep snow back to the chalet.我們踩着厚厚的積雪艱難地回到了小木屋。➤under snow在雪下面◇The steps were buried under the snow.台階被雪蓋住了。snow
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ADVERB | VERB + SNOW | PHRASESADVERB➤hard, heavily下大雪◇It had been snowing heavily all night.整夜都在下大雪。➤lightly下小雪➤outside外面下雪◇It looked to be snowing outside.好像外面正下雪。➤overnight夜間下雪◇We woke up to find that it had snowed overnight.我們醒來發現夜裏下了雪。VERB + SNOW➤begin to, start to開始下雪PHRASES➤start snowing, stop snowing開始/停止下雪◇It started snowing just as we were setting out.我們正要出發時,天開始下雪了。
snow ♦︎ hail ♦︎ snowfall ♦︎ snowflake ♦︎ sleet ♦︎ slush ♦︎ snowdrift ♦︎ hailstoneThese are all words for the frozen water which falls or has fallen from the sky.这些词均表示雪或雹。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / through the snow / hail / sleet / slush◆(a) heavy / light snow / snowfall◆falling / swirling snow / snowflakes◆melting snow / slush◆snow / hail / snowflakes / sleet / hailstones falls / fall◆snow / snowflakes / slush melts / melt■snow [uncountable] small soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather; this substance when it is lying on the ground雪;雪花;积雪◆Snow was falling heavily.正下着大雪。◆Children were playing in the snow.孩子们正在雪地里玩。◆The snow didn't settle(= stay on the ground).雪没有积起来。ⓘ Snows [plural] is used in a literary context to mean the amount of snow that falls in one particular place or at one particular time.复数形式的snows用于文学语境中,表示在特定地点或时间下雪的量◆the first snows of winter冬天的第一场雪◆the snows of Everest珠穆朗玛峰的积雪 see also snowstorm ⇨ storm▸snow [intransitive] ◆It's been snowing heavily all day.大雪下了一整天。▸snowy
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◆snowy fields白雪覆盖的田野◆a snowy weekend大雪纷飞的周末■hail [uncountable] small balls of ice that fall like rain雹;冰雹◆Rain and hail pounded on the tiled roof.雨和冰雹不停地击打着铺了瓦的屋顶。▸hail [intransitive] ◆It's hailing!下冰雹了!■snowfall ˈsnəʊfɔːl; NAmEˈsnoʊfɔːl [countable, uncountable] an occasion when snow falls; the amount of snow that falls in a particular place in a period of time下雪;降雪(量)◆There had been a heavy snowfall and the cars were almost buried beneath the snow.下了一场大雪,汽车几乎都被雪埋起来了。◆What is the average annual snowfall for this state?这个国家的年平均降雪量是多少?■snowflakeˈsnəʊfleɪk; NAmEˈsnoʊfleɪk [countable] one separate small piece of snow that falls雪花;雪片◆A single snowflake landed on her nose.一片雪花落在她的鼻子上。■sleet [uncountable] a mixture of rain and snow雨夹雪◆The rain was turning to sleet.那雨正变成雨夹雪。▸sleet [intransitive] ◆It's sleeting!下雨夹雪了!■slushslʌʃ [uncountable] partly melted snow that is usually dirty融雪;雪泥◆In the city the clean white snow had turned to grey slush.在城里,洁白的雪已变成灰色的雪泥。■snowdriftˈsnəʊdrɪft; NAmEˈsnoʊdrɪft [countable] a deep pile of snow that has been blown together by the wind(风吹成的)雪堆◆The car got stuck in a snowdrift.汽车陷在了雪堆里。■hailstoneˈheɪlstəʊn; NAmEˈheɪlstoʊn [countable, usually plural] a small ball of ice that falls like rain; a single piece of hail雹块◆We struggled up the hill in a wind full of dust and hailstones.我们在夹着灰尘和雹块的风中艰难地爬上山去。