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

• There was a cold snap after Christmas.
  圣诞节后出现一段寒冷天气。
• We are having a cold snap.
  我们这儿正遇上寒潮。
• Cold snap strikes normal life in Xinjiang.
  新疆天气骤冷，正常生活秩序被打乱。
• When their predictions turn from cold snap to heat wave, say, it can play havoc with the forward price of gas.
  当他们的预报从寒流变成暖流，可以说会使燃气期货价格陷入巨大的混乱之中。
• 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。
• Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
  专家：寒潮和全球变暖不矛盾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。