heatwave

n.

热浪[波]，酷暑期；

复数：heatwaves

1. 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。
2. The heatwave has been blamed on masses of hot air from the Sahara Desert moving north.
   这场热浪归罪于从撒哈拉沙漠向北袭来的大量热空气。
3. The highway buckled during the heatwave.
   高速路在酷暑期变弯了。

Heatwave
Heatwave
HEATWAVE
The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves
Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003.
Summer heatwaves promote blooms of harmful cyanobacteria
Consistent geographical patterns of changes in high-impact European heatwaves.
Excess mortality in England and Wales, and in Greater London, during the 1995 heatwave
Heatwaves and public health in Europe
The 2003 European summer heatwaves and drought –synoptic diagnosis and impacts