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

• 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。
• Cold snap strikes normal life in Xinjiang.
  新疆天气骤冷，正常生活秩序被打乱。
• 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。
• SNOW, hail storms and arctic gales are expected to replace Britain's early taste of spring sunshine as the country braces for a cold snap over the next few days.
  雪，雹暴，北极风暴将代替英国早些时候的煦晴天，一股寒流将在接下来的日子穿越该地区。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。