영어공부하기 : Severe cold snap sweeps across Asia

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* snap : "똑" 부러지다  = 갑자기 예정없이 

 

a snap decision  즉석에서 내린 결정

 

snap your fingers : 손가락을 튕기는 것

 

* snap = a period 추운 기간에 주로 사용됨

 

cold snap ​DEFINITIONS AND SYNONYMS

​NOUNCOUNTABLE

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WORD FORMS

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DEFINITIONS1

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   a sudden short period of very cold weather

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# An unusually cold weather front and extreme low pressure swept across Asia this week. Heavy snow blanketed swathes of Japan on Wednesday. One person died as a result of the storm there. Snowfall and fierce winds forced hundreds of flight cancelations and disrupted train travel.

 

* cold front 한랭전선

* blanket 담요로 덮다 (완전히) 

* a blanket ban  전면 금지

* a swath 낫질 한번 벤 자국 (길게 뻗은 지역 &  커다란 지역  = 칠레 = a strip)

* 로데오 같은 곳 : a strip mall

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# The coast guard said two people died and nine were missing after a cargo ship sank off southwestern Japan early on Wednesday amid fierce winter winds. This was the lifeboat from the sunken ship being recovered as the search for survivors continued.

 

* coast guard 해안 경비대 

* a cargo ship 화물선

* 구명정 lifeboat

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# At least 124 people died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan earlier this week, according to media reports. "The weather is too cold. We are experiencing extreme coldness. People are facing many problems; there is no water, no gas; people are trying to cope with these challenges." In China, state broadcaster CCTV showed footage of a frozen bicycle, while railway workers in the eastern Yantai city worked to clear heavy snow from the tracks. Temperatures in Mohe, China's northernmost city, dropped to a record -53 degrees Celsius; that's -63 degrees Fahrenheit, on Sunday.

 

* deal with = cope with 대응 대처 / 피하지 않고

* state-run 국영

* 자료화면 : footage

* record 사상 / 최저 (형용사로 쓸일 때)

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# Heavy snow and strong winds have also hit southern regions of South Korea. In Japan, domestic airlines canceled 450 flights, while 490 highway areas were blocked and 57 railway services suspended nationwide, the transport ministry said. The bitter weather is expected to continue through Thursday

 

southern ​DEFINITIONS AND SYNONYMS ​‌‌‌

​ADJECTIVE

UK/ˈsʌðə(r)n/

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DEFINITIONS1

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   in or from the south of a country or region

   a southern accent

   southern Europe

 

* suspend: 중단

* bitter : Old English biter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German bitter, and probably to bite.

bitter 쓴 / 아픈 / angry / very cold