ice cap

英 [ˈaɪs kæp]

美 [ˈaɪs kæp]

n.  (尤指北极和南极的)冰冠

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指北极和南极的）冰冠
  a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around the North and South Poles

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (南北极的)冰盖，冰冠
  The ice capsare the thick layers of ice and snow that cover the North and South Poles.
  1. This could cause the ice caps to melt.
     这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
  2. ...the polar ice caps.
     极地冰冠

英英释义

noun

• a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
  Synonym:icecap

双语例句

• This could cause the ice caps to melt.
  这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
• Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.
  当然了，极地的冰帽迟早也会融化。
• RADAR SOUNDING AND STUDY OF THE BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY ON COLLINS ICE CAP The thick ice has iced the windshields up.
  柯林斯冰帽雷达测厚和冰下地形研究厚厚的冰已覆盖了挡风玻璃。
• A nice example is that dreaded polar ice cap.
  这儿有一个很好的例子：对于可怕的极地冰帽。
• He said that further warming could trigger polar ice cap melting.
  他说进一步的变暖可能触发极地冰帽融化。
• The melting of the polar ice cap has made the area more accessible to the majors than ever before.
  北极冰帽融化让大型石油企业比以往任何时候都更容易进入该地区。
• In this permanently cold environment, the ice cap from t.
  在这种持续严寒的条件下，冰帽从北极逐渐向南扩展。
• If the ice cap were to melt, the sea level would rise by an average of 230 feet.
  若冰层融化，地球的海平面将平均上升230英尺。
• Effects of global warming evident, as polar ice cap melts.
  北极冰盖融化，全球气候变暖的结果。
• The UN climate change panel may have been a couple of hundred of years out in its first prediction of the disappearance of the himalayan ice cap.
  联合国气候变化专门委员会对喜马拉雅山冰盖消失的首次预测，或许超前了几百年。