Because of the cold temperatures, the tundra has two layers: top layer, which is called the active layer, is frozen in the winter and spring, but thaws in the summer.

由于寒冷的气温，冻土带有两层：最上面的一层被称为活动层，在冬季和春季被冻结，但在夏季解冻。

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I had slipped a disc and was frozen in a spasm of pain.

我的一块椎间盘脱臼了，突然一阵疼痛使我动弹不得。

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I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position, but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes.

我不能精准地确定我在那个位置上呆了多久，但我记得的下一件事就是那个幽灵在我眼前消失了。

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One cold January morning in nineteen eighty-eight, library workers found a small,almost frozen kitten in the book drop.

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Under torture, Alexis--who probably dies of cold, not of torture, in a very frozen cell-- named Boyar accomplices.

严刑之下,阿列克谢命丧黄泉,他本人可能并非死于严刑,而是在冰冷的牢房里冻死的

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"It's quite a cross-section of American maritime history frozen in time on the Great Lakes.

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For Big Easy Blends, who created their line of Cordina ready-to-go frozen drinks in eco-friendly pouches, their biggest challenge eventually became their biggest advantage.

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Adm Na Tchuto - whose assets were frozen by Washington in 2010 - was arrested after a failed coup in Guinea-Bissau in December 2011, but released in June.

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In summer, hikers follow a muddy footpath that parallels the creek, but winter skiers slide directly up the frozen snow-encrusted river in eerie silence.

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