Arctic
['ɑːktɪk] or ['ɑrktɪk]
解释:
(noun.) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
(noun.) the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole.
(adj.) extremely cold; 'an arctic climate'; 'a frigid day'; 'gelid waters of the North Atlantic'; 'glacial winds'; 'icy hands'; 'polar weather' .
整理:彼得--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
(n.) The arctic circle.
(n.) A warm waterproof overshoe.
丹尼校对
同义词及近义词：
a. Northern, boreal.
安东尼编辑
例句:
- The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Perhaps it sent out arms to the Arctic Ocean. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- De Long, who had an earnest and protracted conversation with Edison over the Arctic expedition he was undertaking with the aid of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Back she came, however, laughing, and eager to aid in removing the arctic disguise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- And he looked so new, unbroached, pure as an arctic thing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Because of that change which occurs in the color of its fur at different seasons--by far most marked in the Arctic regions--it is not generally known that the ermine and stoat are the same. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When we reach the Arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or absolute deserts, the struggle for life is almost exclusively with the elements. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It is to be found everywhere, even to the steppes of Asia, the plains of Australia, and the ice fields of the Arctic. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- I found that he had been in command of a whaler which was due to return from the Arctic seas at the very time when my father was crossing to Norway. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- An arctic fauna, musk ox, woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lemming, ushers in the Pleistocene. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In 1852 the United States mail steamer Arctic, of the Collins line, was regarded as the greyhound of the Atlantic, her time being 9 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
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