COLDa sudden short period of very cold weather 寒汛(期),冷汛(期);乍冷,骤冷
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cold snap• The warmingphase was interrupted by a cold snap in which the first flip from warm to cool took only three years.• A week into April it snowed deeply, half-thawed, and froze in a cold snap.• A bout of selling on the stockexchange, perhaps, or a cold snap that reopens the fuel price issue.• They seemed to be talking about the recentcold snap.• Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikelyprospect for most people.