cascade
小瀑布,瀑布式,瀑布式的,级联
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- : a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
- : a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.
- : anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: a cascade of roses covering the wall.
- : a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow.
- : an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion.
- : a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect.
- : Chemistry. a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas.
- : Electricity. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.
- : Biochemistry. a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response.
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Although there certainly is some signal in the probabilities of safe states, in simulations such as these, including them can cause enormous cascades in which a state like Kansas goes blue and so does the rest of America.
So the phytoplankton that can feed a cascade of ocean life don’t bloom here.
Failure to fight the virus and fill the gap in private spending with public dollars will mean less demand in the economy, starting a cascade of more lay-offs and business failures in the classic vicious cycle of recession.
The WNBA is set to begin its season on July 25, while the NBA — the league whose abrupt shutdown set off a cascade of matching shutdowns in other sports — will restart its own season on July 30 at Walt Disney World.
That joint statement led to a cascade of school district closures that eventually led nearly every school in the state to close.
I remember practicing that lick [from the solo “Round Midnight” recording] years ago, learning how to do that cascade effect.
With her cascade of red, twirling hair and pale, fine-boned face.
The cascade of same-sex marriage rulings is now a torrent, each more quotable and image-ready than the last.
Expect aurora borealis in the long foray but no cascade of light.
Sander and Taylor say that this is exactly what mismatch theory would predict, because preferences cascade.
As the bright glow of a little of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"