"icecap" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 冰盖

Definition

覆盖在靠近南北极地区的大面积永久性厚冰层和积雪。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常见于科学或环保讨论。通常指极地的大型冰层，不用于小冰块。常用于气候变化话题，如“冰盖融化”。单数和复数都可使用。

Examples

The Arctic icecap is shrinking every year.

北极的**冰盖**每年都在缩小。

Many animals live on the Antarctic icecap.

许多动物生活在南极的**冰盖**上。

A huge icecap covers Greenland.

一层巨大的**冰盖**覆盖了格陵兰岛。

Climate scientists warn that the melting icecaps could raise sea levels.

气候学家警告，**冰盖**的融化可能导致海平面上升。

From space, the icecaps make the poles look bright white.

从太空看，**冰盖**让极地区域显得非常洁白。

They studied samples of ancient air trapped in the icecap.

他们研究了困在**冰盖**中的古代空气样本。