【avalanche】 - A-level备考词汇

avalanche

UK:  ['ævə.lɑːntʃ]

US:  ['ævə.læntʃ]

复数：avalanches  过去分词：avalanched  现在分词：avalanching  

n.

1.雪崩,崩落,崩坠

2.蜂拥而来,纷至沓来;雪崩式打击

3.崩落;压下

4.山崩

5.离子崩溃

6.大量

7.排山倒海之势

8.急转直下

9.冰雪

10.【物理学】离子雪崩

v.

1.雪崩;雪崩似地落下

2.崩塌

3.崩坍

4.大量涌进(市场等)

1 . At least three villages in remote Zhouqu county were levelled by an avalanche of mud and rocks triggered by rain on Saturday.
星期六，在偏远的Zhouqu县至少有三个村子被雨水导致的泥石流移为平地。

2 . They're trying to understand hoar, frozen dew layers that can shatter when buried under snow, triggering an avalanche.
他们正在努力研究为什么当白霜和冻结的露水层在冰雪覆盖下会粉碎，进而引发雪崩。

3 . The earth cracked a huge hole in the surface emitting lava, the sky rain down fire, flood Youyi overwhelming avalanche swept.
地球裂开了一个巨大的口子，表面喷出岩浆，天空降下了火雨，铺天盖地的洪水又以排山倒海之势席卷而来。

4 . Flash, insurgents like an army, with the momentum of an avalanche, a batch of pick up a batch of rushed towards the city.
顷刻间，起义军似千军万马，以排山倒海之势，一批接一批向城里冲去。

5 . On top of trying to multi-task, we are also being bombarded with a constant avalanche of new information to digest and memorise.
除了“一心多用”以外，我们也被铺天盖地的新信息轰炸和淹没。那么多的新信息需要我们去消化和记忆。