3 . They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
他們在瑞士阿爾卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹難.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4 . Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
請戰書像雪片似地飛向指揮部.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5 . He was swept away in an avalanche .
他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
語源
late 18th cent.: from French, alteration of the Alpine dialect word lavanche(of unknown origin), influenced by avalerdescend; compare with Italian valanga
英英釋義行業釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
2.a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things;