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

• It is volcano extrusive be found and verified at the first time in an ice core from Collins Ice Cap.
  这是首次在柯林斯冰帽冰芯中发现并得到鉴定的火山喷出物。
• 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。
• Below that ice cap, no human, no robot had ever been in this place.
  在那冰层以下，没有任何人，任何机器人曾经到过那里。
• The air picks up moisture from the polar ice cap and bodies of water it may pass over.
  空气从它可能经过的北极冰帽和水域吸收水分。
• 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。
• What will happen if the ice cap of Antarctica melts?
  如果南极洲的冰帽融化，将对地球产生什么影响？
• This could cause the ice caps to melt.
  这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
• The extent of the ice cap varies seasonally, and in September 2007 it reached its smallest recorded size.
  冰盖的范围依季节变化，2007年9月到达有记录的最小面积。
• He has systematically studied the "decay" process of ice cap in the South Pole and used a quantitative approach to characterize the regional patterns of the evolution of snow to glacier ice.
  他系统研究了南极冰盖雪层的「变质」过程，从定量分析入手，总结出了由雪到冰川冰演化过程的地域分异规律。
• The receding ice cap in Greenland, and the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, are both threats and opportunities for his region, argues Mr Kleist.
  Kleist说，格陵兰冰帽的逐渐减少，以及北冰洋海冰的融化都是他所管辖地区的威胁，同时也是机遇。