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

• 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。
• This could cause the ice caps to melt.
  这可能导致地球冰冠融化。
• 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。
• 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 ice cap is cut by deep troughs and chasms;
  冰冠被深深的波谷和坑洞所切开；
• 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。
• The northern ice cap sits nestled within a deep depression that covers essentially the entire northern hemisphere of Mars and drops in elevation as it nears the pole.
  北部冰冠位于基本覆盖了整个火星北半球的一个深奥的凹陷处的内部，在接近极地处，海拔下降。
• The difficult journey was worth it when they reached the ice cap and saw the view.
  他们一路艰难跋涉，但当他们爬上冰帽，看到美景时，发觉这一切都是值得的。
• The Intergovernmental Panel on climate change, the body convened by the United Nations, has said the Arctic ice cap is melting at such a rate that by the middle to end of this century there will be no ice cover during the summer.
  由联合国召集的政府间气候变化问题小组（theintergovernmentalpanelonclimatechange）曾指出，以现在的消融速度，到本世纪中后期，北极冰盖在夏季将不复存在。
• 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。