| 单词 | cold snap |
| 释义 | cold snapSEE SYNONYMS FOR cold snap ON THESAURUS.COM nouna sudden onset of a relatively brief period of cold weather. Also called cold spell . Origin of cold snapAn Americanism dating back to 1770–80 Words nearby cold snapcold-rolled, cold rubber, cold shoulder, cold shower, coldslaw, cold snap, cold sore, cold spot, cold stage, cold start, cold steel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cold snap
British Dictionary definitions for cold snapcold snap nouna sudden short spell of cold weather Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cold snapcold snap Also, cold spell. A short period of unusually cold weather, as in The recent cold snap has threatened the crop. The first expression presumably likens snap in the sense of “a sudden bite or cut” to sudden unexpected cold. The variant is more obvious, spell having been used in the sense of “a bout or turn at something” since the early 1700s. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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