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snowbound

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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snow·bound /ˈsnəʊbaʊnd $ ˈsnoʊ-/ adjective  TTDNblocked or prevented from leaving a place by large amounts of snow 被雪困住[封闭] travelers who are snowbound at the airport 被大雪困在机场的旅客
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snowboundIt developed that they were not snowbound after all.My wife has been snowbound back East for the past several days.Even snowbound consumers found ways to spend.And even beyond would be snowbound, perhaps right as far as the sea.She glanced at his strong profile, staring ahead at the snowbound road.Once they were snowbound she put the task off again and it was not until early March that the thaw began.Buckmaster sat beside him, staring at the bleak snowbound slopes of the moor.Snowbound travelers were stuck at the Denver airport for almost 24 hours this week.
snow·bound adjectiveChineseSyllable
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snowbound
snowbound /ˈsnəʊbaʊnd $ ˈsnoʊ-/ adjective
blocked or prevented from leaving a place by large amounts of snow:
    travelers who are snowbound at the airport


snow·boundBrE /ˈsnəʊbaʊnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnoʊbaʊnd/ 🔊 adjective(of a person or vehicle 人或车辆) trapped in a particular place and unable to move because a lot of snow has fallen 被雪困住的(of a road or building 道路或建筑物) that you cannot use or reach because a lot of snow has fallen 被雪封住的