ice cap

英 [ˈaɪs kæp]

美 [ˈaɪs kæp]

n.  (尤指北极和南极的)冰冠

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指北极和南极的）冰冠
  a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around the North and South Poles

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (南北极的)冰盖，冰冠
  The ice capsare the thick layers of ice and snow that cover the North and South Poles.
  1. This could cause the ice caps to melt.
     这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
  2. ...the polar ice caps.
     极地冰冠

英英释义

noun

• a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
  Synonym:icecap

双语例句

• The extent of the ice cap varies seasonally, and in September 2007 it reached its smallest recorded size.
  冰盖的范围依季节变化，2007年9月到达有记录的最小面积。
• Below that ice cap, no human, no robot had ever been in this place.
  在那冰层以下，没有任何人，任何机器人曾经到过那里。
• In this permanently cold environment, the ice cap from t.
  在这种持续严寒的条件下，冰帽从北极逐渐向南扩展。
• You can move through snow-covered and icy terrain at your normal movement. The air picks up moisture from the polar ice cap and bodies of water it may pass over.
  你能以正常速度通过积雪和结冰的地域。空气从它可能经过的北极冰帽和水域吸收水分。
• The melting of the polar ice cap has made the area more accessible to the majors than ever before.
  北极冰帽融化让大型石油企业比以往任何时候都更容易进入该地区。
• This could cause the ice caps to melt.
  这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
• The UN climate change panel may have been a couple of hundred of years out in its first prediction of the disappearance of the himalayan ice cap.
  联合国气候变化专门委员会对喜马拉雅山冰盖消失的首次预测，或许超前了几百年。
• The ice cap is cut by deep troughs and chasms;
  冰冠被深深的波谷和坑洞所切开；
• This year, the thick ice cap barely penetrates the bull's-eye of the Arctic Circle.
  今年，厚冰盖才刚刚穿过北极圈中心。
• The Antarctic ice cap, the largest expanse of ice on the planet.
  南极冰帽，行星最大的冰层覆盖。