Arctic Circle

英 [ˌɑːktɪk ˈsɜːkl]

美 [ˌɑːrktɪk ˈsɜːrkl]

n.  北极圈

牛津词典

noun

• 北极圈
  the line of latitude 66˚ 33′ North

柯林斯词典

• 北极圈
  The Arctic Circleis an imaginary line drawn around the northern part of the world at approximately 66° North.

双语例句

• Most of the Arctic is continental shelf, so most of it will eventually be allotted to one of the five neighbours ( Iceland also has a small claim within the Arctic Circle).
  北极大部分的大陆架，因此大多数最终将被分配给一个五个邻国（冰岛也有一个小索赔北极圈）。
• A warming climate and melting ice sheets are opening up Arctic sea lanes for longer and longer periods each year, creating a three-to four-month window in which conventional ships can operate amid the ice flows and icebergs above the Arctic circle.
  气候变暖和冰盖融化每年都在延长北极航道的开放期，由此创造了一扇长达三至四个月的时间窗口&在这段时间，传统船舶也能够畅行于北极圈的冰流和冰山之间。
• The Arctic Circle is the boundary of this region of darkness.
  北极圈就是这一黑暗地带的边界。
• But instead of setting a southerly course that would take the ship through the Strait of Malacca and across the Indian Ocean to the Suez Canal and European markets beyond, the rotterdam-bound Yong Sheng turned northeast, toward Alaska and the Arctic circle.
  但不走穿越马六甲海峡，横跨印度洋至苏伊士运河和欧洲以外市场的向南路线，前往鹿特丹的永盛号转向东北，朝着阿拉斯加和北极圈航行。
• Some terns nest well north of the Arctic circle.
  有些燕鸥在北极圈更北的地区筑巢。
• Very famous explorer, in fact he was one of the first to explore* the arctic circle, which is a big deal.
  他是一个著名的探险家，事实上他是第一批到北极探险的人之一，这是很了不起的。
• Also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens.
  同时，他还知道在那个方向，北极圈的禁区界线深入到加拿大冻土地带之内。
• Denmark's territory includes the Faeroe Islands and Greenland in the Arctic Circle.
  丹麦领土包括北极圈内的法罗群岛和格陵兰岛。
• A team came from Greenland, a massive island near the Arctic Circle, ruled by Denmark.
  有来自接近北极圈的大岛丹麦所属的格陵兰岛；
• It extends for sixteen-million square kilometers south of the Arctic Circle.
  它占据了北极圈南部的1600万平方公里的面积。