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 continued for only two days.
  这次寒讯仅持续了两天时间。
• Cold snap brings snow& Beijing's first snowfall this winter, which began on Saturday night and lasted until Sunday afternoon, surprised locals.
  寒潮带来降雪&北京今冬的初雪让当地居民颇感意外。这场雪从上周六晚间一直持续到周日下午。
• 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。
• Refinery maintenance in the USA, normal winter in the Northeast and a continued cold snap in Europe resulted in a rise in refinery margins in the Western Hemisphere.
  美国炼油厂维修、北部正常的冬季和欧洲出现持续寒流，导致西半球炼油利润上升。
• 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。
• Hunan's Huanghua Airport has been closed since Friday in the worst cold snap in a decade.
  湖南周五遭遇十年未遇的冷空气，黄花机场已经关闭。
• Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
  专家：寒潮和全球变暖不矛盾。
• The cold snap did not lift for a week. Every day we skated through the forest.
  寒冷的天气持续了一个星期，气温也没有回升，每天我们滑着冰穿过森林。
• We had a serious cold snap last year that damaged the fruit crop.
  去年有一场使我们的果物产量遭到损失的大寒流。
• 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。