snowing
present participle ofsnow
| 单词 | snowing |
| 释义 | snowing present participle ofsnow snow verb uk/snəʊ/us/snoʊ/snowverb(WEATHER)A2[I] If it snows, snowfallsfrom thesky: It'ssnowing. It'sstartingto snow. Ithad snowedovernightand athickwhitelayercoveredtheground.
Precipitation: snow & ice
snowverb(TRICK)[T]USinformal todeceiveortricksomeone bytalkinga lot or by giving them a lot ofinformation: Itfeltlike she was snowing uswithstatistics. Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Idiomsbe snowed in be snowed under (withsomething) be snowed up Examplesofsnowingsnowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is cold this morning with cold southerly wind,snowinga bit too. From theCambridge English Corpus Towards night, weather looks dirty, startssnowing, wind gradually comes up. From theCambridge English Corpus That it issnowingis a reason not to wear a bathing suit. From theCambridge English Corpus It was a terrible night,snowingand windy. From theCambridge English Corpus It wassnowinghard still with very strong wind with us. From theCambridge English Corpus It wassnowingpretty hard. From theCambridge English Corpus In winter, when it issnowingor raining, everybody in the school may be freezing because the boiler is not working. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he has, he will have noticed that it issnowing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose there is bad weather, that it issnowingand the sign is obstructed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They go to hear the orchestra, whether it is raining orsnowingor whether the sun is shining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One day we have a north-easter blowing, and it is perhaps hailing orsnowing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It wassnowingand quite dark on that day and people had come from all over the area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The most vital problem of all is this fact of thesnowing-up and freezing-up of switch points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It had beensnowingthere, and the conifers stood sharp and black in the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It wassnowingand a small boy from a nearby house fell in the snow and was covered in snow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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