snowball

n mass of snow pressed into a hard ball for throwing in play 雪球: children throwing snowballs at each other 打雪仗的儿童. v [I] 1 throw snowballs 掷雪球; 打雪仗: children snowballing in the park 在公园打雪仗的儿童. 2 (fig 比喻) grow quickly in size, importance, etc (体积、 重要性等)(像滚雪球般)迅速增大: Opposition to the war snowballed. 反战情绪急速增长.


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