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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The ice cap is cut by deep troughs and chasms;
  冰冠被深深的波谷和坑洞所切开；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 Antarctic ice cap, the largest expanse of ice on the planet.
  南极冰帽，行星最大的冰层覆盖。