| 单词 | summer and winter |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer and winter P1. summer and winter: during both summer and winter; all year round. Cf. winter and summer at winter n.1 Phrases 1.In early use often occurring within a longer phrase, such as both summer and winter; see quots. a1398, 1473. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > all year overyearOE summer and wintera1398 all (the) year round1652 year-round1911 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxi. 1002 Þis tre [sc. olyue] is grene al þe somer and wynter longe [L. in estate & in hyeme]. 1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 189 That ged eyls and fyscis..ma be conseruyt..bath swmyr and wyntir. 1556 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 261 The said Johnne and his spous sall tak in keping and sufficientlie pastur, symmir and wynter, samony ky of eild as we plais deliuer thame. a1591 H. Smith 6 Serm. (1592) 28 Surely it is a woful case, when shepherds go to taske, and let their owne sheepe alone sommer and winter. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. i. 38 I..would undertake to make such brave lads to dwell Summer and Winter in Tents. 1699 Ld. Belhaven Countrey-mans Rudim. 26 By all means keep it free from Sheep, Summer and Winter. 1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 73 They now have it [sc. the plague] frequently at Aleppo, and summer and winter in Smyrna. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 43 in Gardeners Daily Assistant The foregoing collection of evergreens..are all of hardy growth for the open ground, summer and winter. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 142 A bit bonny drapping well that popples that self-same gate simmer and winter. 1881 G. MacDonald Warlock o' Glenwarlock i. 9 Summer and winter the chimneys of that desolate-looking house smoked. 1916 S. Anderson Windy McPherson's Son ii. ii. 133 And summer and winter a million hens laid the eggs that were gathered there. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples i. i. 8 Day and night, summer and winter, you could see Mr Urquhart's sad bony face in the little shop window. 2008 Oilweek Dec. 55/1 Working summer and winter [on construction sites run by his father]..may have provided valuable lessons for a future in construction and engineering. to summer and winter Phrases to summer and winter (also to winter and summer). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > make happy [verb (transitive)] > give one a happy time to summer and winter1595 1595 W. Burton Rowsing of Sluggard iii. sig. F2v Wee see how the Lord hath tossed and turned his Church from time to time: how he hath..both summered it, and wintered it, eased it, and pinched it. 1622 J. Taylor Sir Gregory Nonsence in Wks. (1630) ii. 3/2 Time now that summers him, wil one day winter him. 1647 T. Fuller Serm. Assurance 16 Religion hath cost them deare, they have not only been summered but wintered in piety, have not onely passed prosperity, but have been acquainted with adversity therein. b. intransitive. To spend the whole year; (in extended use) to remain or continue permanently (with). Cf. summer and winter at summer n.1 and adj. Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [verb (intransitive)] > spend the whole year to summer and winter1624 1624 G. Markham Honour in his Perfection 33 In the Palatinate he did both Summer and Winter, held out all extremities, and..returned home with Honour. 1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes xxvi. 210 The best and usefullest Constitutions of State are those experienced firm ones, that have lived, summered and wintered with us, as we say. 1776 E. Quincy Let. 30 Mar. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1858) 4 36 They degraded themselves so far as authoritatively to demand goods out of shops of the peaceable inhabitants, who summered and wintered with them, and deserved protection. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. x. 255 Grey headed negroes, who had wintered and summered in the household of their departed master, for the greater part of a century. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 209 The ruined tower of the bridge in Old Castile, where I have now wintered and summered for many hundred years. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 2 635 The relief department for aid..acts as a clearing house for organized aids except in the case of the friends with whom the house has summered and wintered. 1929 Sewanee Rev. 37 463 The method of behaviorism..is observation for a sufficient period of time (often it must be a long period of summering and wintering with a man) of what other people do and say. 2016 Afr. News (Nexis) 26 Jan. An academic foot-soldier, who has summered and wintered in this knowledge industry. c. transitive originally chiefly Scottish. To maintain one's attitude to or relations with (someone or something) at all seasons, or under all circumstances; to associate with, be faithful to, or adhere to constantly; (hence) to be intimately acquainted with. Also: †to continue (a practice) for a whole year. Occasionally with it as object, or intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue (an action) [verb (transitive)] > continue a use or practice keepc1315 entertain?c1452 retain1481 to summer and winter1602 sustain1602 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > know, be conversant with [verb (transitive)] witc888 yknoweOE witOE canOE knowOE kenc1330 acquainta1393 quaint1509 understand1541 to summer and winter1602 possess1607 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal to [verb (transitive)] teemc1275 to bear faithc1300 to hold firm (to)a1340 to stick to ——1531 to stick unto ——1531 to stick by ——1533 rely1582 to summer and winter1602 1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. B2v Shake off such acquaintance, as gaine you nothing but discredit, and make much of him that must as well winter you as sommer you. 1644 S. Rutherford Serm. House of Commons To Chr. Rdr. sig. A2v Whatever they had of Religion, it was never their mind both to summer and winter Jesus Christ. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 197 [Presbyterianism] was not suitable to the eternal gospel, for the fautors of it did scarce summer and winter the same form of discipline. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xv. 34 I'm no obliged to summer and winter it to you. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xv. 323 We couldna think of a better way to fling the gear in his gate, though we simmered it and wintered it e'er sae lang. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xx. 120 I know the critics root and branch,—out and out,—have summered them and wintered them,—in fact, am one of them myself. 1865 H. B. Stowe Little Foxes (1866) 29 Mrs. Crowfield, who..has summered and wintered me so many years, and knows all my airs and cuts and crinkles so well. 1902 M. B. Betham-Edwards Mock Beggars' Hall 312 I've summer'd and winter'd you, old Bart, and I know what you're at. 1921 M. Argo Janet's Choice 25 I'll simmer and winter this nae langer. 1925 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 June 1039/1 Those medical men who had devoted their lives to the study of the insane mind, who had lived with the insane, summered and wintered them. 1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green xxxix. 543 ‘You've got to summer and winter a man before you can pretend to know him’ was an old country maxim much quoted at that time. 1990 Country Living Aug. 63 When true Cumbrians are obliged to meet new folk they are reputed to summer them, winter them, summer them again and then, perhaps, risk getting to know them. 2011 L. Stanley Faith in Land of Make-believe xxi. 234 My wise friend Dan Matthews once told me, ‘You never really know someone until you have summered and wintered together’. During Desperate Passage, I ‘summered and wintered’ with my wife. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > be prolix prolixa1538 to summer and winter1724 to make words1823 1724 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden To Rdr. p. xxxvi These have been my Views and digested Thoughts, that I have summer'd and winter'd these many Years. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxviii. 236 I'm no for summering and wintering about the matter. 1833 J. Galt Gudewife in Fraser's Mag. 8 654/1 What would you be at, summering and wintering on nothing? 1874 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 139/2 No lout in the village could be more thickheaded than the old lord, nor show greater need to have everything ‘summered and wintered’ to him, as Lady Eskside often impatiently said. 1891 E. Lynn Linton Let. 28 Mar. in G. S. Layard Mrs. Lynn Linton: Her Life, Lett., & Opinions (1901) 279 I am always afraid of ‘summering and wintering’ a subject too much. a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 20 It'll serr naething now ti stert simmereen-an-wuntereen. < as lemmas |
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