ice-cap

基本解釋

The ice cap--- up to three kilometers thick--- covers an area 14 times the size of England.
可以厚達(dá)3公里的冰帽覆蓋的面積相當(dāng)于英國國土面積的14倍。
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Ice-cap melting, rises in sea levels, flooding, cyclones and storms will be an inevitable consequence.
冰帽融化、海平面提升、洪水、龍卷風(fēng)和暴風(fēng)雨都將是不可避免的結(jié)果。
20 members of the Chinese Antarctic inland exploration team are expected to reach the peak of Antarctica's inland ice cap, the 4093m-high ice dome, Wednesday after nearly 20 days of trek.
經(jīng)過近20天的艱難跋涉，中國南極內(nèi)陸考察隊(duì)的20名隊(duì)員預(yù)計(jì)于6日登上南極內(nèi)陸冰蓋最高點(diǎn)——海拔4093米的冰穹A。
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For the past three years, the vast cap of shining-white ice covering the Arctic has melted away in summer to an area that would have been unbelievable just a decade ago.
ECONOMIST: An imminent answer to an Arctic riddle