snowball

snowball

noun

1. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

2. ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup

3. ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

4. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
grows in sandy arid regions

Synonym: sweet sand verbenaAbronia elliptica

verb

1. increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate

2. throw snowballs at

1. 雪球
A snowball is a ball of snow. Children often throw snowballs at each other.

2. (项目、运动等)迅速增长，滚雪球般增长
If something such as a project or campaign snowballs, it rapidly increases and grows.

e.g. From those early days the business has snowballed...
这个企业从早期开始就一直在迅速地发展扩大。
e.g. The investigation snowballed from there and has since led to several arrests.
从那里开始，调查范围迅速扩大，有几人已经被逮捕。

1. 雪球 打雪仗, (使)迅速增长：earn good money 赚大钱 | snowball 雪球 打雪仗, (使)迅速增长 | fatigue breakdown 疲劳破坏