“天寒地冻”“寒气袭人”，英语怎么说？

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强冷空气来袭全国各地都迎来了“断崖式”降温“It’s so cold!”已经不足以表达我们的心情“天寒地冻”“寒气袭人”有哪些地道的英文表达呢？

freezing/freezing cold

freezing/freezing coldextremely cold, so that water turns to ice极其寒冷的，天寒地冻的
The freezing weather continued all through February.寒冷的天气持续了整个2月。
How can you stand to be out here without a coat? It's freezing!你怎么能不穿外套就出去？天冷极了！

bitterly cold/bitter

bitterly cold/bitterextremely cold so that it almost hurts you to be outdoors极冷的，冷得刺骨的 We arrived in Chicago during the bitterly cold winter of 1935.1935年的严冬，我们来到了芝加哥。
a bitter east wind刺骨的东风

arctic

arctic [only before noun] extremely cold, usually with ice and snow【仅用于名词前】极地（般）的
I wouldn't take the car out in these arctic conditions.天气这么冷，我不会驾车外出。
He could feel the arctic chill creeping into the cabin.感觉到凛冽的寒气钻进小木屋里。

zero temperatures

subzero temperatures[in plural] temperatures that are very cold and below the point at which water freezes零下气温 Subzero temperatures can be expected for the next few days.未来的几天内，气温将降至零下。
Thousands of refugees are spending tonight on a mountainside in subzero temperatures.今晚，数以千计的难民在气温低于零度的山腰上过夜。

frosty

frosty

very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear 

霜冻的，严寒的，冰天冻地的

They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.

空气凛冽，他们都有点哆嗦。

It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass.

这是秋天一个严寒的早晨，蜘蛛网在结霜的草上一闪一亮。

这些词汇用来描述极冷的天气如果想形容天气微寒、冷丝丝

可以选用下面几组表达

chilly

chillycold, but not extremely cold冷的〔但不是极冷〕，微寒的
a chilly morning in April4月的一个寒冷的早晨

nippy

nippy[informal] a little cold【非正式】有些冷的，冷丝丝的
I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out there.我要进屋了，外面冷丝丝的。

wintry

wintry
cold with snow or rain and typical of the weather you often have in winter寒冬的 Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire.屋外一片寒冬景象，但安妮坐在火炉旁感到安全和温暖。

the cold

the cold
cold weather — use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside 寒冷的天气〔用于指户外的寒冷〕
Come in. Don't stand out there in the cold.进来，不要站在外面，外面冷。

cold spell

cold spella period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual      寒冷期 The price of firewood usually shoots up during cold spells.寒冷期木柴价格往往会猛涨。

cold snap

cold snapa sudden short period of very cold weather短期的严寒天气；寒汛期，冷汛期
It was wintry day in April in the middle of an unexpected cold snap.这是4月里寒冷的一天，突如其来的寒汛期还没有过去。

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