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

• 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。
• If it is as big as a mat, then only a snowflake might cover a man.
  大如席，岂不一片雪花就可以把整个人盖住？
• 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。
• Star join supports snowflake schema as well.
  星型连接也支持雪花模式。
• One advantage of the snowflake dimension is the space savings, because you normalize your dimension tables.
  雪花式维度的优势之一是，因为规范化了维度表而实现了空间节省。
• He gave me a small white box that had snowflake wrapping on it.
  他给了我一个包装纸上有雪花图案的小白盒。
• Have you ever notice the delicate beauty of a snowflake?
  你可曾注意过一片雪花的精美？
• 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。
• Alone is the winter snowflake, romantic infinite.
  单身是冬天的雪花，浪漫无限。
• 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。