snowflake

英 [ˈsnəʊfleɪk]

美 [ˈsnoʊfleɪk]

n.  雪花; 雪片

复数：snowflakes　

TOEFL

BNC.21644 / COCA.12400

牛津词典

noun

• 雪花；雪片
  a small soft piece of frozen water that falls from the sky as snow

柯林斯词典

• 雪花
  Asnowflakeis one of the soft, white bits of frozen water that fall as snow.

英英释义

noun

• white Arctic bunting
  Synonym:snow buntingsnowbirdPlectrophenax nivalis
• a crystal of snow
  Synonym:flake

双语例句

• I love you. I make a snowflake.
  我爱你们。我做了一片雪花。
• An OLAP system typically adopts either a star or snowflake model, and a subject-oriented database design.
  而OLAP系统通常采用星形或雪花模型和面向主题的数据库设计。
• Alone is the winter snowflake, romantic infinite.
  单身是冬天的雪花，浪漫无限。
• Snowflake schema is an extension of star schema where there could be multiple levels of fact-dimension relationships.
  雪花模式是星型模式的扩展，它可以包含多层次的事实-维度关系。
• One advantage of the snowflake dimension is the space savings, because you normalize your dimension tables.
  雪花式维度的优势之一是，因为规范化了维度表而实现了空间节省。
• My hands reached out caught a snowflake.
  我伸出手去抓了一片雪花。
• Star join supports snowflake schema as well.
  星型连接也支持雪花模式。
• I would love to compile my snowflake pictures to publish a book.
  我希望将我拍摄的雪花照片出版一本书。
• If it is as big as a mat, then only a snowflake might cover a man.
  大如席，岂不一片雪花就可以把整个人盖住？
• Although the snowflake model does save space, it is generally not significant when compared to the fact table.
  虽然雪花型模型不节省空间，但与事实表相比时，这通常是不重要的。