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单词 avalanche
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avalanchenoun [ C ]

uk/ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ/us/ˈæv.əl.æntʃ/

a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain

too many things that arrive or happen at the same time:

We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints.

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Precipitation: snow & ice

  • crevasse
  • drift
  • freeze
  • frost
  • frosty
  • glacial
  • glaciation
  • ground frost
  • hailstorm
  • hoarfrost
  • ice cap
  • Jack Frost
  • moraine
  • pack ice
  • permafrost
  • slushy
  • snow line
  • snowdrift
  • snowfall
  • snowflake

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avalanchenoun [ C ]

us/ˈæv·əˌlæntʃ/

a large amount of ice, snow, dirt, or rock falling suddenly and quickly down the side of a mountain

fig. An avalanche is also the sudden arrival of too many things:

We received an avalanche of complaints.
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