Word · Frequency #15160
blizzard
暴风雪；雪暴
A severe snowstorm with strong winds and blowing snow that greatly reduces visibility.
- 1.
A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
伴有强风的大暴风雪,吹雪导致能见度极低。
- 2.
A large amount of paperwork.
大量的文书工作。
- 3.
A large number of similar things; especially, such a group arriving as an inundation, thick and fast.
大量相似的事物；尤指密集而迅速涌来的一大批。
大量文书工作；堆积如山的文件；大量；一大批；纷纷涌来的事物；伴有强风的大暴风雪,吹雪导致能见度极低。；大量的文书工作。；大量相似的事物；尤指密集而迅速涌来的一大批。
In use
The blizzard forced the airport to cancel all flights.
During the blizzard, visibility dropped to almost zero.
We stocked up on food and water before the blizzard hit.
a blizzard of [plural noun]
比喻用法，表示大量（通常指不愉快的事物）。
The office received a blizzard of complaints after the policy change.
政策变更后，办公室收到了一堆投诉。
[verb] in a blizzard
We got caught in a blizzard on our way home.
我们在回家的路上遭遇了暴风雪。
blizzard [noun]
用作定语，修饰名词。
Connections
Collocations
- blizzard warning
- 暴风雪警报
- The weather service issued a blizzard warning for the entire state.气象部门对整个州发布了暴风雪警报。
- blizzard conditions
- 暴风雪天气状况
- Driving is dangerous under blizzard conditions.在暴风雪天气状况下驾车很危险。
- a blizzard of paperwork
- 堆积如山的文书工作
- After the audit, we faced a blizzard of paperwork.审计过后，我们面对堆积如山的文书工作。
- a blizzard of emails
- 铺天盖地的电子邮件
- She received a blizzard of emails after the announcement.公告发布后，她收到了铺天盖地的电子邮件。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a blizzard of paperwork
- 铺天盖地的文书工作；大量文件After the audit, we were buried under a blizzard of paperwork.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：blizzard 像 b + lizard（蜥蜴），暴风雪大到把蜥蜴都冻僵了，记住这个画面。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：天气预报、新闻报道、日常对话 blizzard 作名词的核心意思是“暴风雪”，多用于天气预报和新闻报道，属于中性用词；口语中也可说“大雪”或“风雪”。此外，在较夸张或非正式的说法中可比喻“大量涌来之物”，如 a blizzard of paperwork（堆积如山的文件），但正式文体中较少这样用。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
lizard、wizard、gizzard 与 blizzard 押韵：重读元音均为 /ɪ/，结尾均为 /zəd/。注意 buzzard 拼写上很像，但重读元音是 /ʌ/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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