| 词汇 | snowballed |
| 释义 | snowballed past simple and past participle ofsnowball snowball verb[ I ] uk /ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/ us /ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/ If a plan, problem, idea, etc. snowballs, it quickly grows bigger and more important: 滚雪球般迅速增大；（程度、规模）不断扩大 I suggested a few drinks after work, and the whole thing snowballed into a company party.我提议下班后喝几杯，结果最后发展成了一场公司聚会。 Increasing and intensifying accretion accumulate accumulative accumulatively add fuel to the fireidiom blaze crank go into orbitidiom go up growing growingly heighten inflation mushroom ramp something up ratchet something up/down re-escalate re-escalation reach a crescendo stake Examples of snowballedsnowballed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. An economic crisis beginning in the 1970s snowballed throughout the 1980s, leading to a sharp decline in living standards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His concert engagements, collaborations with legendary musicians, media appearances, and music production have snowballed since then. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One thing led to another and this project snowballed into the major work that it is. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We asked him to play a split 7 with us and it snowballed from there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He added there was a grain of truth in the beginning, but then it all snowballed into some big silly thing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It snowballed as we enlisted other friends who created other characters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The initial reaction snowballed into a wave of attacks on major pro-copyright and anti-piracy organizations, law firms, and individuals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By the late 1980s numbers had snowballed to over 100,000 applications with around 15,00025,000 exit visas being granted annually. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Once we had them locked up other victims spoke out and it snowballed from there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Over time, these diatribes snowballed into full-blown conspiracy theories. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Public support was enormous, and the action snowballed into a bigger movement when the men decided to take their grievances to the federal government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It really snowballed from there, and we got a fair old pasting for that one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The strike soon snowballed to bring other dockers across the region into the fold. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The discussion began to gain momentum and soon snowballed over a number of days. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bank failures snowballed as desperate bankers called in loans, which the borrowers did not have time or money to repay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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