单词 | overwinter |
释义 | overwinteradj. That is for the duration of the winter; enduring, occurring, etc., through or beyond the winter. ΚΠ 1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. 15 38 Doing all the ploughing in the autumn for over-winter crops. 1980 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 17 Dec. [They] were at the expedition's Antarctic overwinter camp today packing everything up for the last time. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Jan. 47/1 With 85 percent over-winter survival, competition for the 200 or so nest sites was fierce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overwinterv.ΚΠ OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 35 Nemo uestrum uult hiemare sine mea arte : nan eower nele oferwintran buton minon cræfte. 2. intransitive. To spend the winter, esp. in a particular place. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > in winter winterc1384 hut1691 winter-quarter1693 winter1826 hibernate1865 overwinter1895 the world > time > period > year > season > [verb (intransitive)] > pass the spring, summer, or winter winterc1384 summer1440 aestivate1623 perhiemate1623 summerize1797 hibernate1816 spring1835 December1845 overwinter1895 1895 tr. F. Nansen Let. in Daily News 10 July 6/4 In that case we shall have to over-winter somewhere on the North Asian coast. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 6/3 Southern Cross Fjord is..another place where an ice-vessel might over-winter with a scientific party. 1959 E. G. R. Taylor Troublesome Voy. Capt. E. Fenton Introd. p. xxxiii It was as Fenton's lieutenant that he had been chosen to overwinter in the Arctic in 1578. 1993 New Scientist 3 Apr. 38/1 Another team of seven Dutch whalers tried to overwinter on Spitsbergen. 3. intransitive. Of an animal, plant, spore, etc.: to survive through the winter, esp. in a particular place or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] > live through winter overwinter1906 1906 Science 7 Sept. 296/1 Tachina flies..over-wintered successfully in Massachusetts. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 58 227 The larvae [of apple sawfly] overwinter in cocoons in the soil. 1988 Forestry 61 313 Whereas the first flush of new shoots is formed from buds which have overwintered, lammas shoots usually develop from buds formed the same season. 1992 N.Y. Times 4 Aug. c4/3 Robber fly adults live only about four to six weeks. Most species overwinter underground or in logs as larvae. 4. transitive. To keep (animals or plants) alive through the winter; to keep (land) fertile through the winter. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (transitive)] > survive event or point of time > live through winter overwinter1945 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > sustain plants through winter winter1826 overwinter1945 1945 Scythe Mar. 10 Primitive farming with low yields and no fodder crops on which to over-winter more than a minimum of domestic cattle. 1961 Listener 7 Dec. 992/3 The Chabaud and Nice types [of carnation] raised from August sowings would be safer if over-wintered in frames or under cloches. 1987 Times & Star (W. Cumberland) 4 Sept. 11/7 By the beginning of September we always hope to have completed our sowing of the green manure crops under which we overwinter our land. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) Nov. 112 If you wish to increase the survival rates, by all means overwinter the little fish indoors, either in a coldwater aquarium or a filtered vat in shed or garage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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