cascade

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cas·cade [cascade cascades cascaded cascading] noun, verb BrE [kæˈskeɪd] NAmE [kæˈskeɪd]
noun
1. a small ↑waterfall, especially one of several falling down a steep slope with rocks
2. a large amount of water falling or pouring down
•a cascade of rainwater
3. (formal)a large amount of sth hanging down
•Her hair tumbled in a cascade down her back.
4. (formal)a large number of things falling or coming quickly at the same time
•He crashed to the ground in a cascade of oil cans.

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare ‘to fall’, based on Latin casus ‘fall’, related to cadere ‘to fall’.
 
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. to flow downwards in large amounts
•Water cascaded down the mountainside.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. (formal)to fall or hang in large amounts
•Blonde hair cascaded over her shoulders.
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Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare ‘to fall’, based on Latin casus ‘fall’, related to cadere ‘to fall’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shower, cascade down