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

• The melting of the polar ice cap has made the area more accessible to the majors than ever before.
  北极冰帽融化让大型石油企业比以往任何时候都更容易进入该地区。
• 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。
• Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.
  当然了，极地的冰帽迟早也会融化。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。