snow
UK [snəʊ] US [snoʊ] noun
WEATHER 天气
ESSENTIAL uncountable
■the small soft white pieces of ice which sometimes fall from the sky when it is cold, or the white layer on the ground and other surfaces which it forms 雪；积雪•Outside the snow began to fall.外面开始下雪了。 •Let's go and play in the snow!我们一起去玩雪吧！ •A blanket of snow lay on the ground.地上积着厚厚的一层雪。 •Her hair was jet-black, her lips ruby-red and her skin as white as snow.她头发乌黑，嘴唇红润如宝石，肌肤洁白如雪。 countable
■a single fall of snow 一场雪•We haven't had many heavy snows this winter.今年冬天我们这里没下过几场大雪。
UK [snəʊ] US [snoʊ] noun
DRUG 毒品
uncountable slang
■cocaine
UK [snəʊ] US [snoʊ] verb
WEATHER 天气
ESSENTIAL intransitive
■If it snows, snow falls from the sky 下雪，飘雪•It's snowing.下雪了。 •It's starting to snow.开始下雪了。 •It had snowed overnight and a thick white layer covered the ground.一整个晚上都在下雪，地上积了厚厚的一层。 be snowed in
■to be unable to travel away from a place because of very heavy snow 被雪困住•We were snowed in for four days last winter.去年冬天，我们被雪困了四天。
UK [snəʊ] US [snoʊ] verb
TRICK 欺骗
transitive US informal
■to deceive or trick someone by clever talk or by giving them a lot of information （用花言巧语）欺骗，蒙骗•She always snowing the bosses with statistics.她总是用众多的统计资料来蒙骗老板们。
UK [snəʊ] US [snoʊ] verb
be snowed under (with sth)
■to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all （因工作太多）忙得不可开交•I'm absolutely snowed under with work at the moment.眼前我正为手头的工作忙得不可开交。 |