figurative. To move rapidly in one direction (usually upwards), in a manner considered to resemble a spiral; to increase or decrease in response to…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > progressively (3) spiral1922 figurative. To move rapidly in one direction (usually upwards), in a manner considered to resemble a spiral; to increase or decrease in response to… snowball1929 figurative. To increase or grow like a snowball rolled across snow; to accumulate or gather momentum at an ever-increasing rate. escalate1959 figurative (transitive and intransitive). To increase or develop by successive stages; spec. to develop from ‘conventional’ warfare into nuclear… |
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