单词 | unwinter |
释义 | unwinterv. 1. intransitive and transitive. To lose, or divest of, the qualities of winter. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [verb (intransitive)] > grow wintry > become less wintry unwinter1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words (citing Dante) Suernare, to wax Sommer,..to vnwinter. 1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. xxvii. 179 Ere January be all un-wintered [It. sverni] by that hundredth part which is down there neglected. 1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man iv. 108 Spring was coming to Western Europe: the darkness and cold were almost over. But it did not unwinter suddenly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from winter quarters unwinter1642 1642 Let. Student Oxf. 1 Whatsoever forces shall take up armes to unwinter his Majesty from Oxford. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1611 |
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