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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
snow
1 snow 2 when it stops snowing 3 enjoying the snow see also RAIN, ICE, WEATHER
1 snow - soft white pieces of frozen rain which fall in winter: snow (noun U); verb: snow Children love playing in the snow. ◎ How long has it been snowing? ◎ It doesn't usually snow at this time of year. - to come down from the sky: fall*; noun: fall Three inches of snow fell in the night. ◎ a heavy fall of snow - a piece of falling snow: snowflake - a short period of snow: snow shower - cold rain which is similar to snow: sleet (noun U); verb: sleet - with a lot of snow: snowy snowy weather - a heavy fall of snow with a strong, cold wind: snowstorm; a bad snowstorm: blizzard - a lot of snow pushed by the wind into a particular place: snowdrift - a large amount of snow which slides down the side of a hill or mountain: avalanche ※ more on storms STORM - if you are unable to move from where you are because of the snow, you are snowed in, cut off (by the snow) It was a terrible winter - we were snowed in for a week. ◎ Several villages have been cut off by the snow.
2 when it stops snowing - (used about snow and ice) to turn to water because it is not freezing any more: melt When we got up the snow had already melted. - (used about snow or the weather in general) to begin to get warmer so that the snow starts to melt: thaw; noun: thaw I think it's beginning to thaw. ◎ an unexpected thaw - half-melted wet snow: slush (noun U) On the roads the snow was already turning to slush.
3 enjoying the snow - to move over snow on long, flat, narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic (skis) that are fastened to boots: ski; a person who skis: skier - a type of flat board, often with metal strips underneath, that people use for travelling downhill on snow for fun: sledge; verb: sledge Let's go sledging! - a lump of snow that is pressed into the shape of a ball and used by children for playing: snowball a snowball fight - the figure of a person made out of snow, usually by children: snowman (plural snowmen) ※ more on skiing SKI ※ MORE ... - a special lorry which clears the snow from the roads: snowplough (AmE snowplow) - special shoes which are worn over normal shoes to help you walk on the snow: snowshoes - a special vehicle which can travel over snow: snowmobile
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