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。
• We are having a cold snap.
  我们这儿正遇上寒潮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
  专家：寒潮和全球变暖不矛盾。
• 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。
• 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 continued for only two days.
  这次寒讯仅持续了两天时间。