cold snap

noun

1. （短时间的）骤冷期
   a sudden short period of very cold weather

1. 寒流;寒潮;寒讯
   A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.

1. 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。
2. During a cold snap recently, he asked his crew to let him know if the conditions were too harsh for working safely, and a few calls in Spanish did come.
   最近一次寒潮期间，他对员工说，如果工作紧张到危及安全了，要告诉他。结果真的有几个西班牙语电话打来了。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Ice Floes renamed Cold as Ice, now reduces cooldown of Cold Snap, Ice Barrier, Summon Water Elemental, and Deep Freeze by10/ 20%.
   浮冰重命名为冷如冰？现在减少急速冷却，冰盾，召唤水元素和深度冰冻冷却时间10/20%。
9. 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。
10. Winter will further descend on Northeast China with a cold snap and heavy snow over the weekend.
    在本周末，隆冬将进一步降临中国东北，伴随着寒风与大雪。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
    专家：寒潮和全球变暖不矛盾。
16. 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。
17. There was a cold snap after Christmas.
    圣诞节后出现一段寒冷天气。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. The cold snap continued for only two days.
    这次寒讯仅持续了两天时间。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. We are having a cold snap.
    我们这儿正遇上寒潮。
25. Cold snap strikes normal life in Xinjiang.
    新疆天气骤冷，正常生活秩序被打乱。
26. 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

noun

1. a spell of cold weather

   Synonym:    cold spell