🇬🇧🇪🇸 snowbound - aprisionado por la nieve : English Lesson
adjective
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Meaning of "snowbound" ("aprisionado por la nieve"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Snowbound means you are stuck in one place because there is so much snow outside that you can’t really leave, like your house is trapped in a giant snow-globe.
We were snowbound and out of hot chocolate, so we held a very serious family meeting about priorities in life.
The bus got snowbound, so the driver announced we were now on a surprise field trip to Nowhere.
The pizza delivery guy called to say he was snowbound, so we sadly introduced ourselves to the frozen peas for dinner.
We were snowbound so long that Dad said we might evolve into a new species: the Indoor Snack-Eating Human.
Scientists in snowy places sometimes get snowbound at research stations and have to stay inside doing experiments, playing games, and measuring just how much snow trapped them.
Anna watched the snow pile at the door of her snowbound cabin. The snowbound road glowed white; the snowbound car slept under a sheet. Her snowbound dog pawed the window, hopeful. She baked bread and lit the stove in the snowbound night. By morning a neighbor dug them out; Anna laughed, relieved.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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