Word · Frequency #19913
snowball
雪球
a plant with fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers growing in sandy arid regions
- 1.
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
- 2.
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
一种植物,具有芳香的白色喇叭形花,生长在沙质干旱地区
- 3.
A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
- 4.
ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
用椰子和通常巧克力酱覆盖的冰淇淋球
- 5.
Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
- 6.
ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
用水果糖浆制成的碎冰球
- 7.
A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
- 8.
A small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.
一种植物,具有芳香的白色喇叭形花,生长在沙质干旱地区；用椰子和通常巧克力酱覆盖的冰淇淋球；用水果糖浆制成的碎冰球；果味冰霜卷；滚雪球式的募捐法
In use
The children packed the soft snow into a round snowball and threw it at the fence.
After the snowstorm, we made snowballs and hid behind the car for a snowball fight.
I picked up a snowball and tossed it gently toward my brother.
snowball into sth
snowball into 表示事情像滚雪球一样越来越大，常指问题恶化。
The disagreement snowballed into a serious conflict.
这场分歧迅速演变成一场严重冲突。
snowball sb
snowball 作及物动词时，后跟被打中的人。
The boys snowballed the girls in the schoolyard.
男生们在校园里向女生们扔雪球。
snowball (with sb)
snowball 作不及物动词时，可单独表示打雪仗，也可用 with 说明和谁一起。
Connections
Collocations
- throw a snowball
- 扔雪球
- The kids threw snowballs at each other in the yard.孩子们在院子里互相扔雪球。
- make a snowball
- 捏雪球
- She made a tight snowball and aimed at the target.她捏了一个结实的雪球并瞄准目标。
- snowball fight
- 打雪仗
- The playground turned into a fun snowball fight.操场上变成了一场有趣的打雪仗。
- snowball effect
- 滚雪球效应
- The new policy created a snowball effect on the economy.新政策对经济产生了滚雪球效应。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a snowball effect
- 滚雪球效应The initial success of the product created a snowball effect, quickly boosting sales across the country.这个产品的初步成功产生了滚雪球效应，迅速推动全国销量增长。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
snow(雪) + ball(球)，雪地里搓出的球就是 snowball——雪球。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：plant guides、gardening、botany 指这种植物时，比较常见于园艺或植物图鉴等中性书面语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
baseball 和 basketball 与 snowball 的后半部分 -ball /bɔl/ 拼写和读音相同；snowman 共享前半部分 snow- /snoʊ/；know、slow 与 snow 的第一个音节押韵 /oʊ/；wall 与 -ball /bɔl/ 押韵。注意 bowl /boʊl/ 看似 ball，但元音是 /oʊ/，与 /ɔ/ 不同；snow 也不读作 sown /soʊn/。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.