Word · Frequency #2665
snowing
降雪；飘雪
snowing is the present participle of snow.
核心释义
主语通常用it表示天气，如：It's snowing.（正在下雪。）
(of snow) to fall from the sky; used with the dummy subject 'it'
- 1.
(以虚拟主语it引导)下雪
Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
- 2.
使(某物)像雪一样降落
To cause (something) to fall like snow.
- 3.
用雪或类似雪的东西覆盖或散布(某地或某物)
To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow.
- 4.
使(头发)变白；也指使(某人)头发变白
To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
用雪覆盖；撒雪般铺满；使像雪一样飘落；使（头发）变白；使满头白发；(以虚拟主语it引导)下雪；使(某物)像雪一样降落
用法In use
It snowed heavily last night, so the roads are slippery this morning.
用法提示：“snow”作动词，用虚拟主语it表示“下雪”，这里用过去式snowed。
It is snowing outside; let's stay inside and drink hot tea.
用法提示：“snow”作动词，用进行时“is snowing”表示正在下雪，主语仍为虚拟的it。
It snows a lot in this mountain village every winter.
用法提示：“snow”作动词，用一般现在时第三人称单数snows，表示常态性的降雪。
it snows / it is snowing
天气动词，主语用虚拟 it；时态和语数变化体现在 snow 上，如 it snowed、it is snowing。
It snows heavily in the mountains in winter.
冬天山里下大雪。
snow sth on/over sth
及物用法，表示使某物像雪一样飘落；on/over 引出落下的地方。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- snow heavily
- 下大雪；雪下得很大
- It snowed heavily all night.整夜都在下大雪。
- snow lightly
- 下小雪
- It was snowing lightly when we left the house.我们离开家的时候正下着小雪。
- be snowed in
- 被雪困住，无法出门
- The village was snowed in for three days.这个村子被大雪困了三天。
- snow all night
- 下一整夜雪
- It snowed all night and the roads were covered.雪下了一整夜，路上都积满了雪。
- start to snow
- 开始下雪
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
表示“下雪”时，句子以 it 作形式主语，如 It snowed heavily.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形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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