Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - avalanche
Avalanche
avalanche
n. & v. --n. 1 a mass of snow and ice, tumbling rapidly down a mountain. 2 a sudden appearance or arrival of anything in large quantities (faced with an avalanche of work). --v. 1 intr. descend like an avalanche. 2 tr. carry down like an avalanche. Etymology: F, alt. of dial. lavanche after avaler descend
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I. noun Etymology: French, from French dialect (Franco-Provençal) lavantse, avalantse Date: 1771 a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice, a sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something , a cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules), II. verb (-lanched; -lanching) Date: 1855 intransitive verb to descend in an ~, transitive verb overwhelm, flood ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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