snow
noun
uk/snəʊ/us/snoʊ/snownoun(WEATHER)
A1[U]
thesmall,soft,whitepiecesoficethat sometimesfallfrom theskywhen it iscold, or thewhitelayeron thegroundand othersurfacesthat itforms:
雪；积雪Outside the snowbegantofall.外面开始下雪了。
Let's go andplayin the snow!我们一起去玩雪吧！
Ablanketofsnowlayon theground.地上积着厚厚的一层雪。
Herhairwasjet-black, herlipsruby-red and herskinaswhiteassnow.她头发乌黑，嘴唇红润如宝石，肌肤洁白如雪。
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[C]
asinglefallof snow:
一场雪We haven't had manyheavysnows thiswinter.今年冬天我们这儿没下过几场大雪。
- The snow came down during thenight.
- Bymorningthere was alightcoveringof snow.
- Manyvillageshave beencutoff by theheavysnow.
- There was adustingof snow on thelawn.
- Snow had beenfallingsteadilyallday.
Precipitation: snow & ice
- anti-icing
- antifreeze
- avalanche
- be snowed inidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- freezing
- glaciation
- glacier
- glaciology
- hail
- iceberg
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snowflake generation
- snowpack
- snowstorm
- terminal moraine
- thundersnow
- unfreeze
snownoun(DRUG)
[U]slang
→cocaine
（同cocaine）Specific types of drug
- alprazolam
- amnesiac
- amyl nitrite
- anaphrodisiac
- anti-AIDS
- anti-aphrodisiac
- aphrodisiac
- barbiturate
- caffeine
- designer drug
- gas and air
- GHB
- hallucinogen
- khat
- legal high
- LSD
- MDMA
- psychedelic
- roach
- smack
snow
verb
uk/snəʊ/us/snoʊ/snowverb(WEATHER)
A2[I]
If it snows, snowfallsfrom thesky:
下雪，飘雪It'ssnowing.下雪了。
It'sstartingto snow.开始下雪了。
Ithad snowedovernightand athickwhitelayercoveredtheground.一晚上都在下雪，地上积了厚厚的一层。
- It had snowedheavilyduring thenightand in themorningthegardenwas awhitefairyland.
- Do youthinkit will snow thisChristmas?
- Iloveit when it snows.
- It veryrarelysnows inOctober.
- It snowedheavilyallday.
Precipitation: snow & ice
- anti-icing
- antifreeze
- avalanche
- be snowed inidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- freezing
- glaciation
- glacier
- glaciology
- hail
- iceberg
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snowflake generation
- snowpack
- snowstorm
- terminal moraine
- thundersnow
- unfreeze
snowverb(TRICK)
[T]USinformal
todeceiveortricksomeone bytalkinga lot or by giving them a lot ofinformation:
（用花言巧语）欺骗，蒙骗Itfeltlike she was snowing uswithstatistics.她让人觉得是在用统计数据蒙骗我们。
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- mistruth
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- untruth
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper
Idioms
be snowed in
be snowed under (withsomething)
be snowed up