寒流 (hán liú) — cold snap; cold wave (weather); cold current (oceanography)
Definition
A meteorological term for a sharp drop in temperature (a 'cold snap'), and in oceanography a cold ocean current flowing from the poles toward the equator.
noun
cold snapcold wave (weather)cold current (oceanography)
Measure word · 股
Examples
- 寒流，。hán liú Lái le, míng tiān huì tè bié lěng.A cold snap is coming; tomorrow will be especially cold.
- 寒流。Zhè gǔ hán liú cóng běi jí xiàng nán liú dòng.This cold current flows southward from the Arctic.
- 寒流。Jīn nián dōng tiān yǐ jīng chū xiàn le liǎng cì hán liú.There have already been two cold snaps this winter.
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