snow

/snəʊ/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

雪；积雪；下雪

释义与例句

n. 雪；积雪
small soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather, or the layer of this on the ground
  1. Fresh snow had covered the footprints we made the night before.
    新下的雪盖住了我们前一天晚上留下的脚印。
  2. The mountain road was blocked by deep snow for much of January.
    一月的大部分时间里，这条山路都被厚厚的积雪阻断。
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  1. We had very little snow in the city last winter.
    去年冬天我们这座城市几乎没下雪。
v. 下雪
used with it to say that snow is falling from the sky
  1. It began to snow just as we left the cinema, and the pavements soon turned white.
    我们刚离开电影院，天就开始下雪，人行道很快变白了。
  2. If it snows tonight, tomorrow's early flight may be delayed.
    如果今晚下雪，明天早上的航班可能会延误。
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  1. It rarely snows in this coastal town, even during the coldest winters.
    即使在最寒冷的冬天，这座海滨小镇也很少下雪。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 snow 作名词指“雪”，通常不可数；作动词常用 it 作主语，如 It is snowing。描述雪大用 heavy snow，不用 strong snow。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • snowy 下雪的；被雪覆盖的
    形容词，可描述多雪的天气或被雪覆盖的景象，如 a snowy day、snowy hills。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • snowfall 降雪；降雪量
    snow 通常作不可数名词，指雪这种物质或积雪，也可作动词表示下雪；snowfall 指一次降雪过程或降下的雪量。heavy snow 可指大雪或厚积雪，a heavy snowfall 则强调一场很大的降雪。
    The first snowfall of winter arrived earlier than expected. 冬天的第一场雪比预期来得早。
常见搭配
  • heavy snow 大雪；厚积雪
    Heavy snow forced several schools to close for the day. 大雪迫使多所学校当天停课。
  • be covered in snow 被雪覆盖
    The rooftops were covered in snow when we opened the curtains. 我们拉开窗帘时，屋顶都覆盖着雪。
  • snow heavily 下大雪
    It snowed heavily overnight, leaving the lanes difficult to clear. 夜里雪下得很大，使小路很难清理。