单词 | winter-beaten |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter-beaten winter-beaten adj. ΚΠ 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. Argt. He compareth his carefull case to the sadde season of the yeare,..and to his owne winterbeaten flocke. 1732 J. M. Country-mans Misc. 11 Like as the Winter-beaten Herbs and Trees, Infold their sapless Limbs in mossy Freez. 1855 Times 6 Mar. 6/5 That winter-beaten and beleaguered host. 1918 J. McMillan Mocking Bird's Breed 51 She turned to the warmth of his friendship like a winter-beaten little bird turns to the glow of a Florida sun. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. a26 The woods look winter-beaten, skeletal, though they're really no more so than they were in November. < as lemmas |
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