Arctic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

Arc·tic adjective, noun BrE [ˈɑːktɪk] NAmE [ˈɑːrktɪk]
adjective
1. only before noun related to or happening in the regions around the North Pole
•Arctic explorers
compare ↑Antarctic
2. arcticextremely cold
•TV pictures showed the arctic conditions.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’.
 
noun singular the Arctic
the regions of the world around the North Pole

Word Origin:
[Arctic] late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, north-polar, Arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone