cold snap
cold snap — noun
1. a few days of much colder weather than usual, often arriving without warning and
a few days of much colder weather than usual, often arriving without warning and ending again quite soon.
A sudden cold snap killed most of the young plants in Ryo's garden overnight.
subject of a sudden event affecting plants
During the cold snap, the lake near the village froze hard enough to walk on.
during the cold snap + result clause
Farmers in the north lost many sheep when the cold snap lasted nearly two weeks.
Élise packed an extra coat in case another cold snap hit the coast that spring.
The brief cold snap left a thin layer of frost on every parked car.
- cold spell
very close in meaning; slightly more neutral, without the sense of suddenness
- freeze
stresses the temperature dropping below zero, especially overnight
- frost
the icy result of a cold night rather than the cold period itself
- warm spell
a short period of warmer-than-usual weather
- heatwave
a longer stretch of unusually hot weather
文法句型
a cold snap
during the cold snap
用法筆記
Almost always singular with 'a' (a cold snap), and often paired with verbs like hit, arrive, or last. Refers to a short burst of cold, not a whole cold season.