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there be + a snowstorm
用存在句型描述暴风雪在某时或某地发生。
There was a snowstorm last night.
昨晚有一场暴风雪。
暴风雪；雪暴
snowstorms — plural of snowstorm
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
暴风雪；雪暴
a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
There was a snowstorm last night.
昨晚有一场暴风雪。
伴有强风和降雪,或强风和大雪的恶劣天气。
Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
伴有强风的广泛降雪的暴风雪
a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
雪景球。
A snow globe.
The weather forecast warned that a snowstorm would hit the coast tonight.
天气预报警告说，今晚会有一场暴风雪袭击沿海地区。
Several schools closed early because of the snowstorm.
由于暴风雪，几所学校提前放学了。
After the snowstorm, we spent the morning shoveling the driveway.
暴风雪过后，我们花了一上午铲车道上的雪。
用存在句型描述暴风雪在某时或某地发生。
There was a snowstorm last night.
昨晚有一场暴风雪。
snowstorm作主语时常用hit、strike等动词，表示“袭击、侵袭”。
A heavy snowstorm hit the city.
一场强暴风雪袭击了该市。
表示“遭遇暴风雪”时，常用be caught in这一结构。
They were caught in a snowstorm on the mountain.
他们在山上遇到了暴风雪。
Not this
There was heavy snowstorm last night.
Use this
There was a heavy snowstorm last night.
snowstorm 是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词（a），不能像不可数名词 snow 那样直接使用。加上 a 后句子才符合英语单数可数名词的规则。
Not this
It snowstormed yesterday.
Use this
There was a snowstorm yesterday.
snowstorm 是名词，不是动词，不能像 snow 那样用作谓语。表达‘出现暴风雪’要用 there be 结构，让 snowstorm 作主语。
Not this
The children played under the snowstorm.
Use this
The children played in the snowstorm.
表示‘在暴风雪中’介词要用 in，不用 under。in the snowstorm 是固定搭配，指处于暴风雪的环境里。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
强暴风雪；大雪暴
A heavy snowstorm hit the city last night.
昨晚一场强暴风雪袭击了这座城市。
暴风雪警报
The weather service issued a snowstorm warning for the area.
气象部门对该地区发布了暴风雪警报。
令人目盲的暴风雪
The blinding snowstorm made driving extremely dangerous.
令人目盲的暴风雪使驾车极其危险。
暴风雪席卷
A powerful snowstorm swept across the state.
一场强暴风雪席卷了该州。
暴风雪覆盖
The snowstorm blanketed the town in snow.
暴风雪使小镇被雪覆盖。
Use snowstorms naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把snow（雪）和storm（风暴）拼在一起：雪+风暴=暴风雪，记得snowstorm是漫天大雪加狂风。
语域：neutral 常见场景：天气预报、新闻报道、日常对话 snowstorm 是中性常用词，日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，正式天气预报中也会使用。
storm、form、warm、swarm、thunderstorm 都和 snowstorm 词尾的 -storm 同韵（/ɔrm/ 或 /stɔrm/）；worm 虽然拼作 -orm，却读 /wɜrm/，是需要留意的形近音异词。另外，词首 snow 读 /snoʊ/，与 go /ɡoʊ/ 同韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.