avalanche

英 [ˈævəlɑːnʃ]

美 [ˈævəlæntʃ]

n.  雪崩; 山崩

现在分词：avalanching　过去式：avalanched　第三人称单数：avalanches　过去分词：avalanched　

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牛津词典

noun

• 雪崩；山崩
  a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
  1. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
     在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄
  2. We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.
     我们在登出广告后收到了雪片般飞来的大批答复信件。

柯林斯词典

• 雪崩
  Anavalancheis a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
• N-SING 纷至沓来；蜂拥而至
  You can refer to a very large quantity of things that all arrive or happen at the same time as anavalanche ofthem.
  1. The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
     新来者受到了广泛的关注。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
  1. the program brought an avalanche of mail
• a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

verb

• gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
  Synonym:roll down

双语例句

• Such avalanche happen often, and are usually not dangerous.
  这样的雪崩经常发生，但是通常不危险。
• An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow often mixed with air and water down a mountainside.
  一场雪崩是从山腰上塌落的一次突然和迅速的常常混合了空气和水的雪流。
• This is a huge, huge avalanche, he said.
  这是一场非常大，非常大的雪崩，他说。
• As a new photoelectrical detector, avalanche photodiode ( APD) has been widely used in the detection system.
  雪崩光电二极管（APD）作为探测元件实现光电转换广泛应用于激光脉冲探测技术中。
• I heard you were a little shorthanded because of this avalanche.
  我听说由于雪崩这里人手不足。
• The credit crisis has produced an avalanche of problems and also of explanations.
  信贷危机带来了成堆的问题，也带来了各种解释。
• The resulting electron avalanche can produce gain factors up to several hundred.
  由此引起的电子雪崩可以产生数百倍的放大增益。
• The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
  新来者受到了广泛的关注。
• She has made an avalanche, has defeated hsiungnu.
  她制造了一次雪崩，打败了匈奴。
• We received an avalanche of inquiries.
  我们一下子收到了大批询问信函。