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

• However, I think the true picture is still better than this: a cold snap may actually increase output as it improves workers 'morale in four different ways.
  但我认为真实的情况比这更好：寒流可能其实还会提高产出，因为它可以通过以下四种途径鼓舞员工士气。
• 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。
• Warmer temperatures are believed to have helped create the lake by melting surface snow, but a cold snap may have frozen its natural drainage routes.
  据信，天气变暖造成了表面冰层融化，但随后的冷空气冻结了冰水自然流淌的路线。
• The midwest and northeast regions of the US in particular were hit by an unusual cold snap.
  1月份，美国中西部和东北部尤其受到一股不寻常的寒流袭击。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Cold Snap in the Air in Spring: the Analysis and Prediction of the Effect of Macro-economic Control on the Market of Construction Machinery
  晚春里的一丝寒意宏观调控对工程机械市场影响的分析和预测
• 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。
• There was a cold snap after Christmas.
  圣诞节后出现一段寒冷天气。