| 单词 | winter sleep |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter sleep winter sleep n. a state of hibernation or similar period of winter dormancy; cf. winter sleeper n. ΚΠ 1661 J. Burton Hist. Eriander 197 The spring is come... By whose indulgent heat the flowers do creep With the chill Dormouse from their winter sleep. 1758 R. Dodsley Preceptor (ed. 3) II. 228 They [sc. swallows] are generally found near Rocks or watery Places, flying weakly about, as it were to try their Wings after their first Revival from their Winter Sleep. 1850 London Jrnl. Med. 2 645 It has been found that in hybernating animals, at the commencement of the winter-sleep, the pulsations of the heart subsided from 200 to 50 in a minute. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies i. 49 It will be a matter of a few hours only before the glorious Black Swallowtail will come forth, ready for a life of sunshine and flowers after its long winter sleep. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. i. 39 As I reached for a last fallen stick of oak, a copperhead newly awakened from its winter sleep..struck at my hand. < as lemmas |
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