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 year, the thick ice cap barely penetrates the bull's-eye of the Arctic Circle.
  今年，厚冰盖才刚刚穿过北极圈中心。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Melting of the polar ice cap is a global concern because it has the potential to alter the geopolitical balance in the Arctic heretofore frozen in time.
  北极冰帽融化正引起全世界的关注，它有可能改变该地区的地缘政治平衡，这种平衡长期以来因冰冻而固定。
• The ice cap is cut by deep troughs and chasms;
  冰冠被深深的波谷和坑洞所切开；
• They believe that if the ice cap melts global average sea level will rise by about seven metres.
  他们认为格林兰的冰层融化会导致全球海平面上升7米。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。