[xiē hòu yǔ, ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˇ, 歇后语 / 歇後語] stable figure of speech contrasting two incompatible parts, such as English "snowball's chances in hell" or Chinese 馬尾穿豆腐|马尾穿豆腐 stringing beancurd on horsetail #66,786[Add to Longdo]
[ゆきつり;ゆきづり(雪釣り;雪釣), yukitsuri ; yukiduri ( yuki tsuri ; yuki tsuri )] (n) (arch) game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs [Add to Longdo]
[おおでまり;オオデマリ, oodemari ; oodemari] (n) (uk) Japanese snowball; Viburnum plicatum [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Snowballing}.]
To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. i.
1. To throw snowballs.
[1913 Webster]
2. To increase in magnitude at an accelerating rate,
achieving large proportions; -- by analogy with a snowball
rolling down a steep hill, causing a large snow slide.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n.
1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or
anything resembling such a mass.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) a shrub of the genus {Viburnum}, having large
clusters of white flowers.
[PJC]
{Snowball bush} or {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the
{Guelder-rose}.
{a snowball's chance in hell}, [Colloq.] no chance; an
infinitesimal chance.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snowball
n 1: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped
flowers; grows in sandy arid regions [syn: {snowball},
{sweet sand verbena}, {Abronia elliptica}]
2: ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate
sauce
3: ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
4: snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
v 1: increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
2: throw snowballs at
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