snowballed

英 [ˈsnəʊbɔːld]

美 [ˈsnoʊbɔːld]

v.  滚雪球般迅速增大(或趋于严重、变得重要等)
snowball的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 雪球
  Asnowballis a ball of snow. Children often throw snowballs at each other.
• VERB (项目、运动等)迅速增长，滚雪球般增长
  If something such as a project or campaignsnowballs, it rapidly increases and grows.
  1. From those early days the business has snowballed...
     这个企业从早期开始就一直在迅速地发展扩大。
  2. The investigation snowballed from there and has since led to several arrests.
     从那里开始，调查范围迅速扩大，有几人已经被逮捕。

双语例句

• With the death of several people who have touched the remains of the ancient man, the "Otzi curse" mystery has snowballed.
  据说，奥茨拥有神秘的力量，若触犯了他的尸身，必死无疑。
• The children snowballed each other.
  孩子们互相掷雪球。
• The complaints have since snowballed to include online travel services such as Expedia, as well as large groups including Microsoft, and French and German publishers.
  此后，投诉像滚雪球一样扩大，Expedia在线旅行社、微软（Microsoft）等大型集团，以及法国和德国的出版商也加入投诉谷歌的行列。
• Business was slow at first but it's really snowballed the last couple of months.
  一开始有些清淡，但是近两个月来生意越来越好。
• His business has snowballed recently.
  他的买卖近来像滚雪球似的，越做越大。
• They were good at mobilizing the staff and finally they snowballed their businesses into big corporations.
  善于调动员工的积极性和创造力，走企业集团化、规模经营之路。
• As losses have snowballed, further unwinding has been triggered.
  日益扩大的损失引发了进一步的平仓举动。
• The investigation snowballed from there and has since led to several arrests.
  从那里开始，调查范围迅速扩大，有几人已经被逮捕。
• His publicity has snowballed over the past few years
  近几年来他的名气像滚雪球似的越来越大
• You may have your doubts, but momentum has snowballed, and the movement has gathered government funding for its national tournaments.
  你也许心存疑虑，但是这已是大势所趋，而且这次活动已经为它的全国锦标赛获得了政府基金。