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snowdrift

🇬🇧 UK/'snәudrift/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A bank or heap of snow piled up by the wind

风吹积成的雪堆

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
snowfrozen precipitation, white flakes of ice
+
driftstem
=snowdrift

Common Collocations

  • 1.deep snowdrift深厚的雪堆
  • 2.blocked by snowdrifts被积雪堵塞
  • 3.[snowdrift formation]积雪堆积
  • 4.buried in a snowdrift被埋在雪堆里

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The car was buried under a massive snowdrift after the overnight blizzard.

  • 2.

    Rescue teams struggled to clear the deep snowdrifts blocking the mountain road.

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