avalanche
英['ævəlɑːnʃ]
美['ævəlæntʃ]
词态变化
复数: avalanches;助记提示
1. (出现了)老鼠拦车现象, 原来是雪崩了.中文词源
avalanche 雪崩来自俗词源。avaler, 向下，同valance, 挂布。-anche, 同后缀ance.
英文词源
- avalanche
- avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse, apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin *labanca (whence Provençal lavanca). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), this underwent metathesis (transposition of l and v) to produce in the Romansh language of Switzerland avalantze, which was borrowed into French as avalanche.
- avalanche (n.)
- 1763, from French avalanche (17c.), from Romansch (Swiss) avalantze "descent," altered (by metathesis of -l- and -v-, probably influenced by Old French avaler "to descend, go down") from Savoy dialect lavantse, from Provençal lavanca "avalanche," perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language (the suffix -anca suggests Ligurian). As a verb, from 1872.
双语例句
- 1. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
- 哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
- 在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄
来自《权威词典》
- 3. They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
- 他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
- 请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He was swept away in an avalanche.
- 他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.
来自《简明英汉词典》