Snowpocalypseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

snow +‎ -pocalypse.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/
• ハイフネーション: snow‧poc‧a‧lypse

名詞

snowpocalypse (複数形 snowpocalypses)

1. (informal) An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
   • 2012, Marilyn Wolf, "Preface", in Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Morgan Kaufmann (2012), →ISBN, page xxiii:

     I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time.

   • 2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions, Globe Pequot (2014), →ISBN, page 5:

     The “snowpocalypse” of 2008 paralyzed hilly Seattle in part due to reluctance to salt the roads for fear of harming Puget Sound and nearby streams, though it turned out that sanding the roads can also be harmful.

   • 2015, Julia London, One Mad Night, Sourcebooks Casablanca (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     “It's a snowpocalypse out there, folks,” said the newscaster in the studio.

同意語

• blizzaster, Snowmageddon