avalanche

英 [ˈævəlɑːnʃ]

美 [ˈævəlæntʃ]

n.  雪崩; 山崩

现在分词：avalanching　过去式：avalanched　第三人称单数：avalanches　过去分词：avalanched　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14505 / COCA.10113

牛津词典

noun

• 雪崩；山崩
  a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
  1. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
     在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄
  2. We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.
     我们在登出广告后收到了雪片般飞来的大批答复信件。

柯林斯词典

• 雪崩
  Anavalancheis a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
• N-SING 纷至沓来；蜂拥而至
  You can refer to a very large quantity of things that all arrive or happen at the same time as anavalanche ofthem.
  1. The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
     新来者受到了广泛的关注。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
  1. the program brought an avalanche of mail
• a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

verb

• gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
  Synonym:roll down

双语例句

• She has made an avalanche, has defeated hsiungnu.
  她制造了一次雪崩，打败了匈奴。
• As a new photoelectrical detector, avalanche photodiode ( APD) has been widely used in the detection system.
  雪崩光电二极管（APD）作为探测元件实现光电转换广泛应用于激光脉冲探测技术中。
• This paper investigated the process of avalanche growth in electronegative gas.
  提出了一种分析电负性气体中电子崩发展过程的四参数模型。
• The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
  新来者受到了广泛的关注。
• I heard you were a little shorthanded because of this avalanche.
  我听说由于雪崩这里人手不足。
• However, ultimately, something specific triggered the avalanche that became the performance issue.
  不过，最终是某个特定的东西触发了“雪崩”，从而成为了性能问题。
• Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
  请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。
• Such avalanche happen often, and are usually not dangerous.
  这样的雪崩经常发生，但是通常不危险。
• Yesterday's avalanche killed a party of skiers and destroyed several trees.
  昨天的雪崩造成一批滑雪者死亡，并毁坏了一些树木。
• We received an avalanche of inquiries.
  我们一下子收到了大批询问信函。