snow

10 ENTRIES FOUND:

¹ snow /ˈsnoʊ/ noun

plural snows

¹ snow

/ˈsnoʊ/

noun

plural snows

Learner's definition of SNOW

: soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather雪；积雪

[noncount]

Snow fell softly on the town.雪花轻柔地飘落到小镇上。
The mountains were blanketed/covered with snow.群山被白雪覆盖。
She took a walk in the snow.她在雪中散步。
We got 12 inches of snow. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground]我们这儿下了12英寸的雪。
We haven't had much snow this year.我们这儿今年下雪不多。
The weatherman is forecasting heavy/light snow. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall]天气预报员说将有大雪/小雪。
She went out to shovel the snow.她出去铲雪了。

[count]

[noncount] : white dots that appear on the screen of a television when it is receiving a weak signal（因信号差出现在电视屏幕的）“雪花”干扰

² snow /ˈsnoʊ/ verb

snows; snowed; snowing

² snow

/ˈsnoʊ/

verb

snows; snowed; snowing

Learner's definition of SNOW

[no object] — used with it to say that snow is falling下雪

[+ object] US, informal : to impress, deceive, or persuade (someone)使印象深刻；蒙蔽；迷惑住 — usually used as (be) snowed通常用作(be) snowed

She was not snowed by the special treatment she received.她没有被所得到的这种特殊待遇迷惑。
I was completely snowed by the presentation. [=I was very impressed by it]这个演示给我留下很深的印象。

snowed in

also British snowed up

: unable to leave a place because a lot of snow is falling or has fallen被雪困住

: blocked with snow被雪封住

: having to deal with too much of something : overwhelmed by something忙得不可开交

He was snowed under with e-mail. [=he had a lot of e-mails to respond to]他有许多电子邮件要回复。