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a snowman
snowman 是可数名词，单数前用 a；常用动词 build/make 搭配，表示“堆雪人”。
The boy built a snowman in the yard.
男孩在院子里堆了一个雪人。
雪人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
雪人
a figure of a person made of packed snow
The boy built a snowman in the yard.
男孩在院子里堆了一个雪人。
A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
用积雪堆成的人形
a figure of a person made of packed snow
A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
The children built a snowman in the front yard after the heavy snowfall.
孩子们在大雪过后于前院堆了一个雪人。
Our snowman melted as soon as the sun came out.
太阳一出来，我们的雪人就融化了。
Last winter we made two snowmen, one tall and one short.
去年冬天我们堆了两个雪人，一个高一个矮。
snowman 是可数名词，单数前用 a；常用动词 build/make 搭配，表示“堆雪人”。
The boy built a snowman in the yard.
男孩在院子里堆了一个雪人。
复数是不规则形式 snowman → snowmen（-man 变为 -men），用于两个或两个以上的雪人。
Two snowmen stood outside our house.
两个雪人站在我们家门外。
Not this
There are two snowmans in the yard.
Use this
There are two snowmen in the yard.
snowman 的复数是不规则变化，man 变 men，所以不能直接加 s，要说 two snowmen。
Not this
I made snowman with my brother.
Use this
I made a snowman with my brother.
snowman 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉，但英语要说 a snowman。
Not this
We piled a snowman in the park.
Use this
We made a snowman in the park.
英语中表示‘堆雪人’常用 make/build a snowman，pile 侧重把东西堆积起来，不用于这个固定搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
堆雪人
The children built a snowman in the park.
孩子们在公园里堆了一个雪人。
雪人的胡萝卜鼻子
The snowman's carrot nose stood out against the white snow.
雪人的胡萝卜鼻子在白雪中格外显眼。
融化了的雪人
The melted snowman left behind a dirty puddle.
融化了的雪人留下了一滩脏水。
堆雪人比赛
The town organized a snowman-building contest for families.
镇上为家庭组织了一场堆雪人比赛。
雪人装饰
We bought some snowman decorations for the holiday party.
我们为节日聚会买了一些雪人装饰。
你想堆个雪人吗？
Anna sings, "Do you want to build a snowman?" in Frozen.
安娜在《冰雪奇缘》中唱道：“你想堆个雪人吗？”
雪人弗罗斯蒂是个快乐的灵魂。
The Christmas song "Frosty the Snowman" begins with the line "Frosty the Snowman was a jolly happy soul."
圣诞歌曲《雪人弗罗斯蒂》的开头歌词是“雪人弗罗斯蒂是个快乐的灵魂”。
Use snowman naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
雪人就是雪(snow)做成的人(man)，snow + man 拼在一起，记住“雪人”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：outdoor winter play、children's stories and drawings、holiday decorations snowman 通常属于中性日常用词，多用于口语和非正式书面语。比较常见于冬天堆雪人、儿童故事与绘画、节日装饰等场景。
复数形式为 snowmen，注意 man 变为 men。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.