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snowball

/snoh-bawl/US // ˈsnoʊˌbɔl //UK // (ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl) //

雪球,滚雪球,积雪球,雪花球

Related Words

proliferate扩散,增殖,扩增,繁殖widen拓宽,加宽,扩大范围,扩大escalate升级,升温,扩大,攀升heighten增高,增强,提高,增高了swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀multiply繁殖,繁衍,相乘,繁殖的intensify强化,加大,加强,加紧thicken增厚,加厚,变稠,变厚strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固broaden拓宽,扩宽,扩阔,扩大upsurge飙升,热潮,高潮,激增lengthen加长,拉长,延长,拖长reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵supplement补充,补充说明,补助,补助金redouble加倍,加倍努力,加倍珍惜,加倍重视triple三倍,三联,三合一,三倍的protract旷日持久,拖延时间,延长时间,延长further进一步,更进一步,进一步推动,进一步推进sharpen削尖,削尖了,削削削,磨砺distend胀大,涨大,胀破,膨胀

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
    • : any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Viburnum, of the honeysuckle family, having large clusters of white, sterile flowers.
    • : a confection of crushed ice, usually in the shape of a ball, which is flavored with fruit or other syrup and served in a paper cup.
    • : a scoop or ball of ice cream covered with shredded coconut and usually chocolate sauce.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to throw snowballs at.
    • : to cause to grow or become larger, greater, more intense, etc., at an accelerating rate: to snowball a small business into a great enterprise.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to grow or become larger, greater, more intense, etc., at an accelerating rate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbincrease
Forms: snowballing
Synonyms
escalate升级,升温,扩大,攀升heighten增高,增强,提高,增高了intensify强化,加大,加强,加紧multiply繁殖,繁衍,相乘,繁殖的proliferate扩散,增殖,扩增,繁殖swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀widen拓宽,加宽,扩大范围,扩大advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款aggrandize夸大其词,夸大,夸耀,夸大其辞aggravate加重,恶化,变本加厉,变本加厉地amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容annex附件,吞并,吞噬,吞并案augment增补,扩增,加大,增强boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促broaden拓宽,扩宽,扩阔,扩大build建立,建立一个burgeon突起,兴起,涌现,爆发deepen深化,加深,加强,深入develop发展,开发,发展的,发育dilate使膨胀,使膨胀的,扩大,使膨胀和增加distend胀大,涨大,胀破,膨胀double双,双倍,双重,双份enhance加强,增强,提高,提升enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展extend延伸,延长,扩展,延续further进一步,更进一步,进一步推动,进一步推进grow增长,成长,长,壮大inflate膨胀,充气,膨大,充气机lengthen加长,拉长,延长,拖长magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现mount装载,装机,装入,装上pad垫子,衬垫,垫,垫板progress进展,进展情况,进步,进益prolong延长,延续,延展,延长时间protract旷日持久,拖延时间,延长时间,延长pullulate拉动,牵引,牵引力,拉紧raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来redouble加倍,加倍努力,加倍珍惜,加倍重视reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨sharpen削尖,削尖了,削削削,磨砺soar飙升,翱翔,腾飞,飞升spread扩散,传播,蔓延,铺开strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固supplement补充,补充说明,补助,补助金swarm蜂群,蜂拥而至,麇集,蜂拥而上teem嘲笑,嘲笑声,嘲笑一下,嘲笑一下吧thicken增厚,加厚,变稠,变厚triple三倍,三联,三合一,三倍的upsurge飙升,热潮,高潮,激增wax蜡像,蜡,蜡质,蜡笔小新build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的mark up加价,标记,加注,加价出售run up奔跑起来,涨价,奔走相告,奔腾slap on啪啪啪,猛击,掌掴,啪啪啪啪step up加强,加紧,加把劲tack on粘着,粘性,粘连,粘附
Antonyms
decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低lower较低的,较低,低层,低级weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减abridge桥,桥牌,桥接,桥段cease停止,停止执行,终止,停止使用compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut切,切割,削减,割decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降deflate放气,平放,平减,平移degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化demolish拆毁,拆除,拆迁,拆卸depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的destroy毁灭,摧毁,销毁,毁坏diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的minimize减少narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免raze突击检查,突袭,强化,突击队recede退缩,退却,后退,消退reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关retrogress倒退,倒退的情况,倒退的情况下,倒退是指shorten缩短,简化,缩减,弄短shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来stop停止,停下来,停,停住subtract减去,减掉,减,减去了take back收回,收回来,拿回,收回来的undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱

Examples

  • From there, it just kept on growing and growing and growing, and $500 turned into a thousand, and then a thousand turned into 5,000, and it was sort of this snowball effect now for the past eight years.

  • In autumn, children might play in leaves again, then gather for snowball fights in winter.

  • My therapist helped me to see and celebrate the snowball effect of every step, no matter how small.

  • The resulting particles, known as soot, land on spinning ceramic rods, accumulating like a snowball.

  • The risk is that it could drive it in a negative way and add on like a snowball rolling downhill to this selloff.

  • All of these increased barriers then have a snowball effect.

  • Meanwhile, national attention has already started to snowball around the issue.

  • When Chappelle approached them, one of the kids threw a snowball at his face and called him the N-word.

  • “I am afraid we will see a snowball effect in other countries,” said Westeson.

  • As frustration mounts within the Scouting world, a negative PR snowball builds.

  • When you were only a little snowball, we had to hang you up to dry, and that pulled your ears out.

  • "I remember one year we had a great snowball fight at West Point," went on the captain.

  • Away went the big snowball, down the long hill, and the cadets after it.

  • When Peleg Snuggers arrived at the top of the hill the big snowball was ready for use.

  • "We want to fasten this cord in the hole through that big snowball, but we don't want to get it crossed," went on Tom, anxiously.

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