单词 | back-winter |
释义 | > as lemmasback-winter back-winter n. Brit. /ˈbakˌwɪntə/ , U.S. /ˈbækˌwɪn(t)ər/ a return of winter after its regular time.ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > winter midwinterOE wintertideOE winterOE wintertimea1398 hiemsc1450 snow-time1535 dead of winter1548 after-winter1593 back-winter1599 snow1778 ice queen1818 old-fashioned winter1829 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 13 This and euery towne hath his backewinters or frostes that nippe it in the blade. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. xl. 300 Yet like a dead calm in a hot spring, treasured up in store sad distempers against a back Winter. 1881 W. D. Howells Let. 27 Feb. in Amer. Notes & Queries (1963) 133/1 What the Canadians call the back-winter: the two months of mud and snow that precede the spring. < as lemmas |
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