snowballing

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

滚雪球,滚雪球运动,滚雪球式的,滚雪球式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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
- : 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
- : to grow or become larger, greater, more intense, etc., at an accelerating rate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbincrease

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

It became a snowball as people got involved and thought about the story of elevating women and positively impacting kids.
I posted a picture of that ticket on my Instagram, and people immediately started following in their lead, and it started this crazy snowball effect.
Watergate, Iran-Contra, the Full Monica all started snowballing a year after strong second-term presidential wins.
And there are signs that the momentum is snowballing behind him.
The idea is to prevent the snowballing of a catastrophe into an ever bigger one.
They had had as good a snowballing as England could have given them—one they will not forget as long as they live.
Contrary to their expectations, Mr. Pangborn opened the school as usual, and made no allusion to the snowballing affair.
The boys and girls had great times building forts and having snowballing contests.
In running races, sliding downhill, and snowballing, we made no distinction of sex.
At that time Sam had forgotten completely that this day was the date set for the annual snowballing contest.

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