• n. 雪崩
• vt. 雪崩
• vi. 崩塌

來自俗詞源。avaler, 向下，同valance, 掛布。-anche, 同后綴ance.

avalanche

avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse, apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin *labanca (whence Proven?al lavanca). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), this underwent metathesis (transposition of l and v) to produce in the Romansh language of Switzerland avalantze, which was borrowed into French as avalanche.

avalanche (n.)

1763, from French avalanche (17c.), from Romansch (Swiss) avalantze "descent," altered (by metathesis of -l- and -v-, probably influenced by Old French avaler "to descend, go down") from Savoy dialect lavantse, from Proven?al lavanca "avalanche," perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language (the suffix -anca suggests Ligurian). As a verb, from 1872.

1. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.

哈利勒聽到了雪崩傳來的轟隆聲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche

在一場雪崩中被摧毀的高山村莊

來自《權威詞典》

3. They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.

他們在瑞士阿爾卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹難.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.

請戰書像雪片似地飛向指揮部.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He was swept away in an avalanche.

他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》