avalanche

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n. 雪崩, 山崩, 大量 vi. 崩塌 vt. 大量涌至

发音

UK /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
CA /ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/
US /ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/

词形变化

avalanches 复数 avalanches avalanched avalanches 三单 avalanching avalanching 现在分词 avalanched 过去式 avalanched 过去分词

别名

valanche

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

    雪崩

  2. 2.

    A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

    山崩

  3. 3.

    A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To descend like an avalanche.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To come down upon; to overwhelm.

    及物

    The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.

  3. 3.

    To propel downward like an avalanche.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

happening slide occurrence occurrent

下位词 1

lahar
动词

同义词 1

roll down

上位词 4

fall descend come down go down

相关短语

avalanche effect [计] 雪崩效应 avalanche effects avalanche lily 山赤莲 avalanche lilies Townsend avalanche electron avalanche slab avalanche

词源

From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).

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