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snowy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Nature, Colours
snow·y /ˈsnəʊi $ ˈsnoʊi/ ●●● S3 adjective  1 DNwith a lot of snow 多雪的,积雪的 the snowy fields 被雪覆盖的田野 one snowy January day 1月里大雪纷飞的一天2 literaryCCAL pure white, like snow 雪白的,纯白的 snowy hair 雪白的头发
Examples from the Corpus
snowyHis ears were tufted with snowy hair.Gavin drove Nigel back one snowy January day.Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains, the citadel of the Alhambra.Well feather-insulated talons of a snowy owl's feet.Only 1,200 to 1,500 of the coastal variety of the western snowy plover are left in the world.Patient, helpful people are more noticeable on a snowy road; so, too, are the arrogant and impatient.Granada glowed in the golden evening like a jewel suspended between the snowy Sierra Nevada and the rich green of orange groves.snowy weather
snow·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus a lot snow with of


snowy
snowy /ˈsnəʊi $ ˈsnoʊi/ adjective
1. with a lot of snow:
    the snowy fields
    one snowy January day
2. literary pure white, like snow:
    snowy hair


snowyBrE /ˈsnəʊi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnoʊi/ 🔊 adjective (snow·ier, snowi·est) [usually before noun] covered with snow 被雪覆盖的snowy fields白雪覆盖的田野(of a period of time 一段时间) when a lot of snow falls 下雪多的a snowy weekend大雪纷飞的周末(literary) very white, like new snow 雪白的snowy hair白发