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cascade

英[kæs'keɪd] 美[kæ'sked]
  • n. 层叠;小瀑布;喷流
  • vi. 像瀑布般冲下或倾泻
  • v. 使瀑布似地落下

英英释意


1. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
2. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units;
"progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"
"separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
3. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;
"a little shower of rose petals"
"a sudden cascade of sparks"