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

• 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。
• You can move through snow-covered and icy terrain at your normal movement. The air picks up moisture from the polar ice cap and bodies of water it may pass over.
  你能以正常速度通过积雪和结冰的地域。空气从它可能经过的北极冰帽和水域吸收水分。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the lowest summer ice cap on record put sea ice far north of the outer continental shelf, the shallow, life-rich shelf of ocean bottom in the Bering and Chukchi seas.
  但今年夏天北极冰帽面积缩小至历史最低记录，使海冰推移至白令海和楚科奇海一带底栖生物丰富的浅大陆架外围的远北地区。
• 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 Antarctic ice cap, the largest expanse of ice on the planet.
  南极冰帽，行星最大的冰层覆盖。
• Climate change is causing the polar ice cap to melt.
  气候变化导致极地的冰盖融化。
• 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。
• This could cause the ice caps to melt.
  这可能导致地球冰冠融化。