cold snap
cold snap — 名詞
1. a few days of much colder weather than usual, often arriving without warning and
驟冷期；寒流
突然來襲、為期數天的異常低溫
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.
一波突如其來的驟冷期，一夜之間凍死了 Ryo 花園裡大部分的幼苗。
subject of a sudden event affecting plants
During the cold snap, the lake near the village froze hard enough to walk on.
那波寒流期間，村子附近的湖結了厚厚的冰，硬到可以在上面走。
during the cold snap + result clause
Farmers in the north lost many sheep when the cold snap lasted nearly two weeks.
這波驟冷期持續了將近兩個禮拜，北部的農民因此損失了不少羊。
Élise packed an extra coat in case another cold snap hit the coast that spring.
Élise 多帶了一件外套，以防那年春天海岸又來一波寒流。
The brief cold snap left a thin layer of frost on every parked car.
這波短暫的驟冷期讓每一輛停著的車都結了一層薄薄的霜。
- 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.