| 单词 | cold snap |
| 释义 | > as lemmascold snap cold snap n. originally U.S. a sudden spell of cold weather (see snap n. 7b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > cold spell snap1740 cold snap1776 snap1829 cold wave1876 big chill1911 1776 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 279 A dismal cold snap of weather. 1839 Knickerbocker Mag. 13 509 We had a cold snap, last night. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) ‘A cold snap,’ i.e. a period of sudden cold weather. 1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 118 The sun was shining upon them during a cold snap, after a thaw. 1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xv. 289 One might easily judge how few of the mountaineers had ventured out since the beginning of the ‘cold snap’. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 237 The cold snap continued for several days. cold snap b. A sharp and sudden frost; a short spell of cold weather. Chiefly in cold snap (very common in recent use). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > cold spell snap1740 cold snap1776 snap1829 cold wave1876 big chill1911 1829 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 9 A determined ‘black snap’... Harbour all ice. 1830 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 14 The tightest snap on record. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) ‘A cold snap,’ i.e. a period of sudden cold weather. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 237 The cold snap continued for several days. < as lemmas |
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