cascade

英 [kæˈskeɪd]

美 [kæˈskeɪd]

n.  小瀑布(尤指一连串瀑布中的一支); 倾泻; 流注; 大簇的下垂物
v.  倾泻; 流注; 大量落下; 大量垂悬

现在分词：cascading　复数：cascades　过去式：cascaded　过去分词：cascaded　第三人称单数：cascades　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11333 / COCA.11599

同义词辨析

gushcascadefloodoverflow【导航词义：涌出】

牛津词典

noun

• 小瀑布（尤指一连串瀑布中的一支）
  a small waterfall , especially one of several falling down a steep slope with rocks
• 倾泻；流注
  a large amount of water falling or pouring down
  1. a cascade of rainwater
     如注的雨水
• 大簇的下垂物
  a large amount of sth hanging down
  1. Her hair tumbled in a cascade down her back.
     她的长发瀑布般地倾泻在后背上。
• 倾泻（或涌出）的东西
  a large number of things falling or coming quickly at the same time
  1. He crashed to the ground in a cascade of oil cans.
     他随着一连串的油桶跌落坠地。

verb

• 倾泻；流注
  to flow downwards in large amounts
  1. Water cascaded down the mountainside.
     水从山腰倾泻而下。
• 大量落下；大量垂悬
  to fall or hang in large amounts
  1. Blonde hair cascaded over her shoulders.
     她的金发像瀑布似的披落在肩头。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大量;许多
  If you refer to acascade ofsomething, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  1. The women have lustrous cascades of black hair...
     那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。
  2. A cascade of mail arrived from friends.
     朋友寄来的邮件如雪片一般。
• 瀑布
  Acascadeis a waterfall.
• VERB (水)飞流直下，倾泻而下
  If watercascadessomewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 thingcascadesover another, it falls or hangs over it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
• rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
  Synonym:cascade down

双语例句

• Single-stage once through reaction loop Tolerance processes can operate at any of numerous checkpoints throughout the cascade.
  一段串联单程通过工艺在整个级联性反应过程中，在众多检查点中任何一处都可以产生免疫耐受。
• Cascade classifier is comprised of several simple classifiers and a neural network classifier.
  级联分类器由若干简单分类器和一个神经网络分类器构成。
• The application and development trend of cascade technology for low electrical voltage apparatus was analysed.
  分析了低压电器级联技术的应用和发展趋势。
• 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。
• Access helps you avoid this problem by supporting the cascade update related fields option.
  access通过支持“级联更新相关字段”选项避免了这一问题。
• We consider the propagation of the interface phonons in the active core of a quantum cascade laser.
  研究了量子级联激光器有源核中界面声子的色散关系和静电势分布。
• Simulation results indicate that the new cascade inverter is feasible.
  仿真结果证实了这种新型级联逆变器是可行的。
• 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。
• The women have lustrous cascades of black hair
  那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。
• If one firm goes under it could provoke a cascade of bankruptcies.
  如果一家公司倒闭，便有可能引发一连串的破产。