snowflake

英 [ˈsnəʊfleɪk]

美 [ˈsnoʊfleɪk]

n.  雪花; 雪片

复数：snowflakes　

TOEFL

BNC.21644 / COCA.12400

牛津词典

noun

• 雪花；雪片
  a small soft piece of frozen water that falls from the sky as snow

柯林斯词典

• 雪花
  Asnowflakeis one of the soft, white bits of frozen water that fall as snow.

英英释义

noun

• white Arctic bunting
  Synonym:snow buntingsnowbirdPlectrophenax nivalis
• a crystal of snow
  Synonym:flake

双语例句

• Although the snowflake model does save space, it is generally not significant when compared to the fact table.
  虽然雪花型模型不节省空间，但与事实表相比时，这通常是不重要的。
• An OLAP system typically adopts either a star or snowflake model, and a subject-oriented database design.
  而OLAP系统通常采用星形或雪花模型和面向主题的数据库设计。
• I am a pure and perfect snowflake when I fall into the world of books.
  当我沉浸在书的世界里，我是一片纯洁而又完美的雪花。
• So, the girls plan a sleigh ride to help raise money to buy Snowflake a blanket!
  所以，这些女孩计划了一个“雪橇之旅”，准备赚些钱给雪花买一条毯子！
• The decomposed snowflake structure visualizes the hierarchical structure of dimensions very well.
  分解的雪花型结构很好地展示了维度的层次结构。
• My hands reached out caught a snowflake.
  我伸出手去抓了一片雪花。
• "Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a titmouse asked a wild dove.
  “告诉我雪花有多重，”一只山雀问野鸽子。
• Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
  你真的无罪？雪崩中的每片雪花都辩称自己无罪。
• Gravity is pulling every raindrop and snowflake and hailstone.
  地心引力在吸引着每一个雨点，每一片雪花和每一块冰雹。
• Developers can also elect the snowflake because it typically saves data storage.
  开发人员也可以选择雪花型，因为它通常节省了数据存储。