snow
noun
verb
snəʊ noun
1 soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground 雪; U
Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village.
我们进村的时候雪下得正大。
I could see footprints in the snow.
我看到雪地里有脚印。
The town was buried under three feet of snow.
小镇被埋在三英尺厚的积雪中。
roads blocked by deep snow
被厚厚的积雪封住的道路
snow-covered fields
白雪覆盖的田野
Outside the snow was already melting .
外面积雪已经在融化。
The day was cold with flurries of snow (=when a small amount of snow falls) .
天很冷,时而飘着小雪。
The first few flakes of snow (=small pieces of snow) started to fall.
雪花开始飘落下来。
2 a period of time in which snow falls 降雪; 降雪期,下雪天 C
one of the heaviest snows this winter
今年冬天最大的几场雪之一
3
snows
a large amount of snow that has fallen at different times during the winter 〔一个冬季里的〕降雪 plural 复数
the melting of the winter snows
冬雪的融化
4 small white spots on a television picture, caused by bad weather conditions, weak television signals etc “雪花”(干扰)〔指电视画面中的白色小点,由天气不好、电视信号弱等原因造成〕 U
5 COCAINE [非正式] 白雪〔即可卡因〕 U | informal
verb
6
it snows
if it snows, snow falls from the sky 下雪
It snowed all night.
下了一整夜雪。
It started snowing around five.
五点钟左右天下起了雪。
7
be snowed in
to 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 under
a. to have more work than you can deal with 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 informal
[+ with ]
I found myself snowed under with work.
我发觉自己工作忙不过来。
9 to persuade someone to believe or support something, especially by lying to them [美,非正式] 蒙骗,使相信 T | AmE informal
snow sb into doing sth
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。