avalanche
意味
- なだれ
- (手紙などの)殺到,(げんこつ・投石などの)雨《+of+名》
例文
The road was blocked by an avalanche.
雪崩で道路がふさがった。
That's the fact that avalanches occur after mountain fires.
それは山火事の後に「土石流」が発生するということです。
You have to watch out for avalanches at this time of the year.
今頃の時期はなだれに注意しなければならない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).