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词汇 snowball
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snowball n.

"ball of snow, round mass of snow pressed together and convenient for throwing," 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.

"make snowballs," 1680s, from snowball (n.); the sense of "throw snowballs at" (someone) is from 1850. The meaning "to increase rapidly" is attested from 1929, though the image of a snowball increasing in size as it rolls along had been used at least since 1613, and a noun sense of "a pyramid scheme" is attested from 1892. Related: Snowballed; snowballing.

updated on February 12, 2023

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