snowball
英 ['snəʊbɔːl]
美 ['snobɔl]
- n. 雪玉
- vi.雪玉を投げつける；雪玉の大きさにする
- vt.雪玉を投げつける；雪玉の大きさにする
- n.（雪玉）人名；（英）Snowball.
英語の語源
- snowball (n.)
- c. 1400, from snow (n.) + ball (n.1). Similar formation in West Frisian sniebal, Middle Dutch sneubal, German Schneeball, Danish snebold. Expression snowball's chance (in hell) "no chance" is recorded by 1910.
- snowball (v.)
- "to make snowballs," 1680s, from snowball (n.); sense of "to throw snowballs at" (someone) is from 1850. Meaning "to increase rapidly" is attested from 1929, though the image of a snowball increasing in size as it rolls along had been used since at least 1613, and a noun sense of "a pyramid scheme" is attested from 1892. Related: Snowballed; snowballing.
例文
- 1. All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.
- これらのすべてのプロモーションは、彼らの最新レコードの販売に雪だるま効果をもたらした。
- 2.Tom turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball .
- トムが雪玉で撃たれたとき、もうちょっと刺される準備をしていた。
- 3.A snowball knocked his hat off.
- 雪玉が飛んできて帽子を地面に落とした。dd>
- 4.A snowball gathers as it goes on.
- 雪玉は転がるほど大きくなる。
- 5.He rolled a snowball .
- 彼は雪だるまを転がした。
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