1.雪球;雪战;〈英〉滚雪球募捐法;【烹】苹果馅稻米布丁;【植】荚蒾属
1.扔雪球;打雪仗;(使)滚雪球般迅速增长
1.a ball of snow that you throw
1.to develop quickly and become very big or serious
1.Just months after it began taking perks away, the US subprime crisis snowballed into a global financial crisis.
就在开始采取这些政策数月前，美国次贷危机转变为全球金融危机。
2.In one sense, their timing is right, because the entire world is hit by a crisis that snowballed out of the United States.
就某种意义来说，他们选择的时间点是对的，因为此轮危机正是源起美国，然后像滚雪球般蔓延开来，冲击全世界。
3.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. The case snowballed into one of the most famous trials in U. S. history.
没有德行的美丽好比没有芬芳的玫瑰。这个案子像滚雪球似地最终成了美国历史上最著名的审判之一。
4.Regulatory activities have snowballed partly because "it is a shrewd business model" , says Charles Monteith of White & Case in London.
监管活动的规模越来越大，部分原因在于“这已成为一种精明的业务模式，”伦敦伟凯律师事务所的查尔斯•蒙蒂思（CharlesMonteith）表示。
5.Business was slow at first but it's really snowballed the last couple of months; now you have to wait in line to get a table.
事业要缓慢的发展，刚开始生意很清淡，但是最近两个月，现在你要座位还得排队等。
6.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。
7.Bank failures snowballed as desperate bankers called in loans which the borrowers did not have time or money to repay.
银行倒闭滚雪球绝望银行家作为所谓的贷款，借款人没有时间或金钱来偿还。
8.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。
9.The case snowballed into one of the most famous trials in U. S. history.
这个案子如滚雪球般的堆积成了美国历史上有名的审判。
10.With the death of several people who have touched the remains of the ancient man, the "Otzi curse" mystery has snowballed.
而确实有几个人在碰过这个古人的尸身后死去，这使神秘的“奥茨诅咒”越来越玄乎。