heatwave是什么意思？

heatwave

英[ˈhi:tweɪv] 美[ˈhiːtweɪv]

• n. 热浪[波]，酷暑期；

复数：heatwaves;

例句

• In Paris the heatwave left old people dying in their apartments. 在巴黎,一些老人不堪热浪在他们的公寓中死去.
• The fine weather / The heatwave broke at last. 好天气[热天气]终于突然转变了.
• I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork... 今年初夏我逃离了伦敦的炎热，飞往科克去避暑。
• Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave. 地中海的热浪炙烤着英国。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  热浪;奇热时期
  A heatwave is a period of time during which the weather is much hotter than usual.