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ˈcold spell noun [countable] COLDa period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual 寒潮期 OPP heat waveExamples from the Corpuscold spell• They had moved in from the garden during a cold spell in November.• A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while.• Apart from the brief cold spell in late November, we have had very few hard frosts.• Not even the yawning chasms in the road caused by freeze-thaw action during the recent cold spell can upset it.• Here, a sharp cold spell in spring may produce a narrow growth ring.ˈcold spell nounChineseSyllable period weeks days Corpus of or several a |