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snow-goose (n.)[snow-goose 词源字典]: 1771, from snow (n.) + goose (n.).[snow-goose etymology, snow-goose origin, 英语词源]
snow-plow (n.): also snowplow, snow-plough, 1792, first mentioned in a New Hampshire context, from snow (n.) + plow (n.).
snow-shoe (n.): also snowshoe, 1670s, from snow (n.) + shoe (n.). Related: Snowshoes.
snow-tire (n.): 1952, from snow (n.) + tire (n.). Earlier mud-and-snow tire (1948).
snow-white (adj.): Old English snawhwit, from snow (n.) + white (adj.). Similar formation in Dutch sneeuwwit, Middle Low German snewhit, German schneeweiss, Old Norse snæhvitr, Swedish snöhvit, Danish snehvid. The fairy tale is so-called from 1885, translating German Schneewittchen in Grimm; the German name used in English by 1858.
snowball (n.): c. 1400, from snow (n.) + ball (n.1). Similar formation in West Frisian sniebal, Middle Dutch sneubal, German Schneeball, Danish snebold. Expression snowball's chance (in hell) "no chance" is recorded by 1910.
snowball (v.): "to make snowballs," 1680s, from snowball (n.); sense of "to throw snowballs at" (someone) is from 1850. Meaning "to increase rapidly" is attested from 1929, though the image of a snowball increasing in size as it rolls along had been used since at least 1613, and a noun sense of "a pyramid scheme" is attested from 1892. Related: Snowballed; snowballing.
snowbank (n.): 1779, from snow (n.) + bank (n.2).
snowbird (n.): also snow-bird, from 1680s in reference to various types of birds associated with snow, from snow (n.) + bird (n.1). From 1923 in reference to northern U.S. workers who went to the South in the winter months to work; by 1979 in reference to tourists.
snowbound (adj.): 1814, from snow (n.) + bound (adj.1).
Snowdon: mountain in Caernarvonshire, northern Wales, from English snow (n.) + Old English dun "hill, mountain" (see down (n.2); presumably translating a former Celtic name. The height is snow-covered much of the year.
snowdrift (n.): c. 1300, from snow (n.) + drift (n.).
snowdrop (n.): early flower, 1660s, from snow (n.) + drop (n.).
snowfall (n.): 1821, "fall of snow," especially a quiet one (as distinguished from a snowstorm), from snow (n.) + storm (n.). From 1875 as "amount that falls at a place in a given time."
snowflake (n.): 1734, from snow (n.) + flake (n.).
snowman (n.): also snow-man, 1827, from snow (n.) + man (n.).
snowmobile (n.): 1931, in reference to Admiral Byrd's expedition, from snow (n.) + ending from automobile, etc.
snowstorm (n.): 1771, from snow (n.) + storm (n.).
snowy (adj.): Old English snawig; see snow (n.) + -y (2). Related: Snowiness. Similar formation in Middle Low German sneig, Old High German snewac, German schneeig, Old Norse snæugr, Swedish snögig, Danish sneig.
snub (v.): mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.