“雪球”常见的英文表达是 snowball,它既可以作名词,表示“雪球”;也可以作动词,意为“(像雪球那样)越滚越大;迅速扩大” 。例如:
名词用法:The children were having fun throwing snowballs at each other.(孩子们正开心地互相扔雪球。)
动词用法:The project started small but soon snowballed into a major operation.(这个项目起初规模很小,但很快就迅速扩大成了一项大型业务 。)