avalanche
noun /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
/ˈævəlæntʃ/
(North American English also snowslide)
- a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
雪崩；山崩；崩塌 - alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄 - He was killed in an avalanche while skiing.
他在滑雪时死于雪崩。 - (figurative) 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。
Wordfinder- avalanche
- cyclone
- disaster
- earthquake
- eruption
- flood
- hurricane
- landslide
- tornado
- tsunami
Wordfinder- avalanche
- blizzard
- drift
- flurry
- hail
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snow
- thaw
Topics Weatherb2, The environmentb2, Geographyb2- (figurative) The issue has generated an avalanche of controversy.
这个问题引发了大量争议。 - (figurative) the avalanche of lawlessness threatening to engulf our civilization
威胁着要吞没我们文明的目无法纪的状况
词源late 18th cent.: from French, alteration of the Alpine dialect word lavanche (of unknown origin), influenced by avaler ‘descend’; compare with Italian valanga. - alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche