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 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 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。
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 receding ice cap in Greenland, and the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, are both threats and opportunities for his region, argues Mr Kleist.
Kleist说，格陵兰冰帽的逐渐减少，以及北冰洋海冰的融化都是他所管辖地区的威胁，同时也是机遇。
A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
北极圈内的一片辽阔而没有树木的平原，位于冰帽和林木线之间。
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。
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。