English Dictionary

cascade

/kæsˈkeɪd/

verb

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. / (transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall. / (intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.

The water cascades down the rocks.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link.

意味（2）

(transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.

No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.

Child folders inherit the configuration of their parent folder, meaning that configuration settings cascade down through an application's virtual folder hierarchy.

意味（4）

(archaic, slang) To vomit.