avalanche

英 [ˈævəlɑːnʃ]

美 [ˈævəlæntʃ]

n.  雪崩; 山崩

现在分词：avalanching　过去式：avalanched　第三人称单数：avalanches　过去分词：avalanched　

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牛津词典

noun

• 雪崩；山崩
  a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
  1. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
     在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄
  2. We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.
     我们在登出广告后收到了雪片般飞来的大批答复信件。

柯林斯词典

• 雪崩
  Anavalancheis a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
• N-SING 纷至沓来；蜂拥而至
  You can refer to a very large quantity of things that all arrive or happen at the same time as anavalanche ofthem.
  1. The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity.
     新来者受到了广泛的关注。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
  1. the program brought an avalanche of mail
• a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

verb

• gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
  Synonym:roll down

双语例句

• Yesterday's avalanche killed a party of skiers and destroyed several trees.
  昨天的雪崩造成一批滑雪者死亡，并毁坏了一些树木。
• The avalanche had shaken and slid a little forward, but it did not yet crash down.
  冰雪动摇了，有点儿向前移动；但还没有崩塌下来。
• An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow often mixed with air and water down a mountainside.
  一场雪崩是从山腰上塌落的一次突然和迅速的常常混合了空气和水的雪流。
• The resulting electron avalanche can produce gain factors up to several hundred.
  由此引起的电子雪崩可以产生数百倍的放大增益。
• As a new photoelectrical detector, avalanche photodiode ( APD) has been widely used in the detection system.
  雪崩光电二极管（APD）作为探测元件实现光电转换广泛应用于激光脉冲探测技术中。
• The thoery, structure, characteristics, and process of the superlattice avalanche photodiode are presented.
  报道了超晶格雪崩光电二极管的工作原理、构、性及其制造工艺。
• Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
  请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。
• Such avalanche happen often, and are usually not dangerous.
  这样的雪崩经常发生，但是通常不危险。
• Every major publisher receives a daily avalanche of manuscripts and proposals.
  每一个较重要的出版商每天接到大量的原稿和建议。
• Debris flow deposit an avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
  沿火山斜坡流下的火山水和泥浆。