1. With further melting, refreezing, and increased weight from newer snowfall above, the snow reaches a granular recrystallized stage intermediate between flakes and ice known as firn. 随着进一步的融化、再结冰，以及上方新的降雪增加的重量，这些雪变成再次结晶阶段的颗粒状中间物，介于小薄片与冰块之间，被称作万年雪。
2. Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall. 大片大片的雪花开始飞快地落下。
3. It flakes very nicely into really sharp points. 它能成片剥落而形成尖锐的角。
4. She takes a handful of ash, the flakes are large and sticky. 她取出一把灰末，是那种大片而粘性很好的。
5. The flakes ran along the ground, and the nearer they came the larger they grew. 雪花沿着地面卷来，它越靠近，就越大。
