cascades是什么意思？

cascades

• n. 倾泻( cascade的名词复数 )，小瀑布（尤指一连串瀑布中的一支），瀑布状物，倾泻（或涌出）的东西；
• v. 流注( cascade的第三人称单数 )，大量落下，大量垂悬；

例句

• The women have lustrous cascades of black hair. 那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。
• The loch's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden. 溢出的湖水倾泻而下，形成了一座日式水景花园的瀑布。
• A waterfall cascades down the cliff from the hills behind. 一处瀑布从身后山崖上飞流直下。
• The women have lustrous cascades of black hair... 那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  大量;许多
  If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  例句
  The women have lustrous cascades of black hair... 那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。 A cascade of mail arrived from friends. 朋友寄来的邮件如雪片一般。
• N-COUNT
  瀑布
  A cascade is a waterfall.
• VERB
  (水)飞流直下，倾泻而下
  If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities.
  例句
  She hung on as the freezing, rushing water cascaded past her... 她抓得紧紧的，任凭冰冷湍急的水流从她身上倾泻而下。 A waterfall cascades down the cliff from the hills behind. 一处瀑布从身后山崖上飞流直下。
• VERB
  垂落;悬挂
  If one thing cascades over another, it falls or hangs over it.
  例句
  Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony... 鲜艳的红色和粉色的天竺葵从我家的阳台上直挂下去。 From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers. 裙架撑起的三层大裥裙从她的纤腰上款款垂下。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range