cascade /kæsˈkeɪd/ TEM8 ( cascading, cascaded, cascades )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. 大量 [文学性]

  例：

  The women have lustrous cascades of black hair.

  这些女子长着浓密而有光泽的黑发。

• 2. 

  V-I If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downward very fast and in large quantities. 倾泻

  例：

  She hung on as the freezing, rushing water cascaded past her.

  冰冷刺骨的急流冲刷着她，但她仍然坚持着。