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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• This week, it was a cold snap in America and turmoil in Nigeria that helped the price reach three figures.
  本周，美国的一次骤冷和尼日利亚的动乱使得油价达到了3位数。
• But experts say the cold snap doesn't disprove global warming at all-it's just a blip in the long-term heating trend.
  但专家们称，寒潮和全球变暖并不矛盾&这只是变暖过程中的一个暂时现象而已。
• 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。
• There was a cold snap after Christmas.
  圣诞节后出现一段寒冷天气。
• Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
  专家：寒潮和全球变暖不矛盾。
• The cold snap continued for only two days.
  这次寒讯仅持续了两天时间。