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。
• Refinery maintenance in the USA, normal winter in the Northeast and a continued cold snap in Europe resulted in a rise in refinery margins in the Western Hemisphere.
  美国炼油厂维修、北部正常的冬季和欧洲出现持续寒流，导致西半球炼油利润上升。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hunan's Huanghua Airport has been closed since Friday in the worst cold snap in a decade.
  湖南周五遭遇十年未遇的冷空气，黄花机场已经关闭。
• 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。
• The cold snap continued for only two days.
  这次寒讯仅持续了两天时间。
• 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 are having a cold snap.
  我们这儿正遇上寒潮。