"icecap" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 冰蓋

Definition

覆蓋在靠近南北極地區的大面積永久性厚冰層和積雪。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常見於科學或環保討論。通常指極地的大型冰層，不用於小冰塊。常於氣候變遷話題，如「冰蓋融化」。可單數也可複數。

Examples

The Arctic icecap is shrinking every year.

北極的**冰蓋**每年都在縮小。

Many animals live on the Antarctic icecap.

許多動物生活在南極的**冰蓋**上。

A huge icecap covers Greenland.

一層巨大的**冰蓋**覆蓋了格陵蘭。

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

氣候學家警告，**冰蓋**的融化可能導致海平面上升。

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

從太空看，**冰蓋**讓極地看起來非常潔白。

They studied samples of ancient air trapped in the icecap.

他們研究了困在**冰蓋**中的古代空氣樣本。