cold snap

英 [ˈkəʊld snæp]

美 [ˈkoʊld snæp]

n.  (短时间的)骤冷期

牛津词典

noun

• （短时间的）骤冷期
  a sudden short period of very cold weather

柯林斯词典

• 寒流;寒潮;寒讯
  Acold snapis a short period of cold and icy weather.

英英释义

noun

• a spell of cold weather
  Synonym:cold spell

双语例句

• The cold snap is expected to bring strong winds to China, sending temperatures plummeting.
  这股冷空气预计会带来大风天气并使温度骤降。
• We are having a cold snap.
  我们这儿正遇上寒潮。
• Warmer temperatures are believed to have helped create the lake by melting surface snow, but a cold snap may have frozen its natural drainage routes.
  据信，天气变暖造成了表面冰层融化，但随后的冷空气冻结了冰水自然流淌的路线。
• A cold snap in Greenland in the12th century may help explain why Viking settlers vanished from the island, scientists claim.
  科学家表示，格林兰岛在12世纪时出现了气温骤降的现象，这也许可以解释曾经居住在此的维京人为何会销声匿迹。
• However, I think the true picture is still better than this: a cold snap may actually increase output as it improves workers 'morale in four different ways.
  但我认为真实的情况比这更好：寒流可能其实还会提高产出，因为它可以通过以下四种途径鼓舞员工士气。
• The snow, which stopped in the downtown areas in the morning, was just a prelude to the cold snap that was expected to hit Beijing on Sunday and would last four or five days, the weather bureau said.
  气象局称，今天上午市区的这场雪，仅仅是冷空气周日来袭的一个前奏。而这股冷气流将有望在未来的四道五天内持续。
• As the cold snap intensifies, heating companies are gearing up, with equipment and networks being checked and adjusted.
  随着寒流不断加强，供热公司正在积极准备应付，如设备和供热网络的检查和调整。
• When people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them.
  如果人们种的杜鹃花在寒流中冻僵了，那肯定是因为他向花上吹了气。
• The midwest and northeast regions of the US in particular were hit by an unusual cold snap.
  1月份，美国中西部和东北部尤其受到一股不寻常的寒流袭击。
• Winter will further descend on Northeast China with a cold snap and heavy snow over the weekend.
  在本周末，隆冬将进一步降临中国东北，伴随着寒风与大雪。