| 单词 | snowballing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsnowˌballing ˈsnowˌballing n. the action or pastime of making and throwing snowballs; also figurative and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > of or relating to increase in speed > at ever-increasing rate snowballing1861 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing progressively feeding1641 rolling1719 snowballing1861 spiralling1944 escalatory1965 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > snowballs ballingc1600 snowballing1861 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > snowballing snowball1709 snowballing1861 the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > increasing rate of movement or progress > at ever-increasing rate snowballing1966 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase mo and moOE crescendo1785 spiral1931 escalation1938 spiralling1944 snowballing1966 1861 F. A. Buck Let. 20 Jan. in Yankee Trader in Gold Rush (1930) 186 Christmas we had a nice lot of egg nog and cake and snow balling. 1870 T. B. Aldrich Story Bad Boy xii. 124 Snow-balling at school, skating on the mill-pond,..were sports no less exhilarating. 1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won iv. 28 They skated,..and at times even relaxed so far as to fall to snowballing. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 30 Dec. 10/1 The mobbing and snowballing of Mr. Gladstone's party. 1941 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. 14/1 The constantly snow-balling defense effort may cut into the everyday things we use in normal civilian existence. 1966 Word Study Dec. 4/1 Dubious meaning..starts a snow~balling that soon places the intended meaning beyond retrieval. 1971 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 10 The snowballing success of Alan Ayckbourn's plays abroad..is a constant surprise to him. 1973 Times 14 Aug. 3/3 The ‘snowballing’ technique by which researchers were introduced to one drug taker; who introduced a second and so on. 1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. iv. 19/3 Mr. Kissinger's pet theory of ‘linkage’, a kind of snowballing of détente, had to be given up. < as lemmas |
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