Arctic

英[ˈɑːktɪk]美[ˈɑːrktɪk]

adj.北极的，极寒的；

n.北极；

例句

Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly towards the Arctic.他们又冷又饿，无助地漂向北极。

It is not easy to see Arctic whiteout.北极白朦并非经常能见到的.

Whale skin eaten raw is something like Arctic sushi.生吃的鲸鱼皮有点像是北极地区的生鱼片寿司.

Breed of hunting and sled dog found near the Arctic Circle.产于北极圈附近的猎犬和雪橇犬.

The Arctic Circle is the boundary of this region of darkness.北极圈就是这一黑暗地带的边界.

The sort of animal lived in the Arctic Circle.这种动物生活在北极圈里.

The Arctic remains the domain of the polar bear.北极仍是北极熊的领地.

The Arctic is a polar region. It'surrounds the North Pole.北极地区是个极地的区域, 它把北极围在中间.

Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundras are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes.无树地区位于北极圈内及其附近,苔原分布在地球*冷, *荒芜的生物群落之中.

Sleds pulled by dogs are in common use in the Arctic.狗拉的雪橇在北极地区很常用.

英语四级真题

"Due to this arctic outbreak and concerns for the safety of USPS employees,55 USPS announced Wednesday morning," the Postal Service is suspending delivery Jan.

英语六级真题

Earlier this year, British explorer  Hadow and his team trekked for three months across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking measurements and recording observations about the ice.

Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.

Some 10,000 pairs of the birds, called fulmars, a kind of Arctic seabird, make their nests on Devon Island, north at the Arctic circle.

Previously, scientists noticed pollutants arriving in the Arctic with the wind.

Brittleness remains a problem when building steel structures in cold conditions, such as oil rigs in the Arctic.

But this year, the Arctic is experiencing much higher temperatures.

Cambridge scientist Peter Wadhams who's been measuring and monitoring the Arctic since 1971, says the decline is irreversible.

During the Arctic winter from October to March, the average temperature in the frozen north typically hovers around minus 20degrees Celsius.

Earlier this year, British explorer Hadow and his team trekked for three months across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking measurements and recording observations about the ice.

Indeed, sea ice cover in the Arctic is melting faster than expected.

Martin Sommerkorn runs the Arctic program for the environmental charity the World wildlife Fund.

The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.

This is troubling as climbing Arctic temperatures combined with rapid sea ice loss are creating a new type of climate feedback loop, which could accelerate Arctic warming.

Weather conditions that drive this bizarre temperature surge have visited the Arctic before.

We're looking at roughly 80 percent loss of ice cover on the Arctic Ocean in 10 years, roughly 10 years, and 100 percent loss in nearly 20 years.

without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-PROPER

北极；北极地区

The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.

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ADJ-GRADED

极冷的；严寒的

If you describe a place or the weather as arctic, you are emphasizing that it is extremely cold.

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英英词典释义

Noun

1. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

Adjective

1. of or relating to the Arctic;

2. extremely cold;