Avalanche



GRE Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.雪崩
• ［英］ n.雪崩 ( a mass of loosen snow swiftly sliding down a mountain)
• ［记］ 联想: 三个a像滚下的雪球

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from French dialect (Franco-Provençal) lavantse, avalantse
• Date: 1771
• 1. a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
• 2. a sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something office workers tied down with an avalanche of paperwork
• 3. a cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules)

II. verb (-lanched; -lanching)

• Date: 1855
• intransitive verb
  • to descend in an avalanche
• transitive verb
  • overwhelm, flood

---