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单词 wintered
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winteredadj.

Brit. /ˈwɪntəd/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ərd/
Forms:

α. early Old English gewintred, Old English geuintrad (Northumbrian), Old English gewintrad, Old English gewintrod, early Middle English iwintred.

β. early Middle English winntred ( Ormulum), early Middle English winntredd ( Ormulum), Middle English–1800s wintred, 1500s– wintered.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < winter n.1 + -ed suffix2.In α. forms with prefixation after past participle forms in y- prefix.
1.
a. Having lived through or experienced many winters (cf. winter n.1 2); aged; seasoned, experienced, veteran. In Old English also: of age, grown up. Chiefly poetic in later use.In later use sometimes (now only) as the second element of compounds, as many-wintered, well-wintered, etc.The meaning in quot. 1599 is doubtful.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)
oldeOE
winteredeOE
oldlyOE
over-oldOE
eldernc1175
at-oldc1200
stricken on, in age, in eldec1380
oldlya1382
(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386
ancientc1400
aged1420
well-agedc1450
ripec1480
passing oldc1485
(well) shot in years1530
old aged1535
agey1547
Ogygian1567
strucken1576
oldish1580
stricken in yearsa1586
declined1591
far1591
struck1597
Nestorian1605
overripe1605
elderly1611
eld1619
antiquated1631
enaged1631
thorough-old1639
emerita1643
grandevous1647
magnaevous1727
badgerly1753
(as) old as the hills1819
olden days1823
crusted1833
long in the tooth1841
oldened1854
mature1867
over the hill1950
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxxi. 150 Hi hiene nieddon to leornunga, þeh he gewintred wære.
eOE Laws of Ine (Corpus Cambr. 173) xxxviii. 106 Healden þa mægas þone frumstol, oð ðæt hit [sc. bearn] gewintred sie.
OE Nativity of Virgin (Hatton) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 130 Ioseph wæs gehaten sum gewintrod [c1175 Bodl. 343 iwintred] man, eode þyder mid iungum mannum.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 746 Sannt iohan wass streonedd ta Þurrh faderr. & þurrh moderr. Þatt time þatt teȝȝ wærenn ba Winntrede menn. & alde.
1565 J. Shute in tr. P. Viret 1st Pt. Christian Instr. Ep. Ded. sig. A.ii When Hanniball a manifold wintered souldiour..had giuen eare a while to Phormion ye Philosopher.
1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. i Backt With wintered souldiers vs'd to conquering [Fr. vne armee, De fieres legions à vaincre accoustumee].
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 66 The action is entred, the complaint of her [sc. a turbot's] wintered browes presented.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 99 Such length of years..As the many-winter'd crow that leads the clanging rookery home.
1850 Civil Engineer Mar. 74/1 Masses of masonry and sculptured stones half hidden beneath the roots of the many-wintered giants of the forest.
1906 C. J. Billson tr. Virgil Æneid I. iv. 179 As when the Alpine winds together strive Some many-wintered oak with veering blasts To uproot.
1916 B. Carman April Airs 27 With the many-wintered sun Shall thy hardy course be run.
2016 C. I. Downs Policy i. 3 His old Nissan was a well-wintered trooper and it forged slowly through the punishing headwind and the un-cleared snow and ice.
b. Chiefly poetic. Of a person's head or hair: grey or white with age.
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1696 C. Hopkins Neglected Virtue v. 44 When the reverend Marks of Age My Winter'd Head shall snow, the Crutch support My falling steps, I call you to my thoughts.
1881 J. Todhunter True Trag. Rienzi iii. ii. 73 I feel how sore The tribulations of this iron time Beat on your wintered head.
1894 F. H. Williams Flute-player 17 The cool pavilion where Sat Antonio, grave, and aureoled in a wealth of wintered hair.
1929 Advocate of Peace Mar. 165/1 One sees the glow of spring on his wintered head as he culls from the pages of those experiences in Frankfort.
2007 B. Kephart Flow 105 Her slightly wintered hair was unbound.
2. Exposed to the influence of, or affected by, winter; subjected to wintry conditions; chilled or blasted by winter.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > chilled or blasted by winter
winteredc1275
society > travel > [adjective] > detained by bad weather
storm-stayed1491
storm-stead1513
wintered1556
wind-bound1588
weather-bound1590
water-bound1776
ice-bound1822
snowed-up1836
fog-logged1846
snowed-in1904
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > hindering or retarding > hindered or retarded > by weather
wintered1556
wind-bound1588
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 52 Þa scipen foren wide ȝeon þare wintrede sæ.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie i. 4 In field so florishing That wintered withered stalks stand in couart.
1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. C2v First shall the sunne be seene without his flame, The wintred mountaines without frost or ice.
1651 H. Vaughan Olor Iscanus 3 How with the sight My Winter'd bloud growes stiffe to all delight?
1684 F. N. W. Hist. Rev. Phanatical Plot 1 Religion and Monarchy, like two Winter'd Roots that had been long buried in the Grave of Earth, began to Sprout.
1749 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. ii, in tr. Horace Poet. Transl. Wks. (ed. 3) II. 139 The winter'd [1746 wintry] Sea Defends its Fish.
1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 293 The late and wintered period of Autumn.
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. xv. 241 Something like a flash of cold moonlight on wintred water gleamed over..his poor focusless eyes.
1889 E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night ii. xx He would welcome her as the wintered earth welcomes the fresh young spring.
1912 H. E. Rives Valiants of Virginia xx. 174 A twisting root-like something [sc. a snake] that slapped the brown wintered leaves into a hissing turmoil.
2016 M. Gable I'll see You in Paris xxii. 106 ‘What are you doing?’ Pru yelled as she clambered across the wintered gardens.
3. Intended to be used in winter; adapted for winter use. Obsolete.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter
wintryeOE
winterOE
winterlyOE
frostyc1430
brumala1522
hiemalc1560
wintering1591
winterish1610
wintereda1616
hiematical1631
hibernal1646
wintersome1840
mid-wintry1852
mid-winterly1892
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 103 Wintred garments must be linde. View more context for this quotation
1659 E. Gayton Walk Knaves, Walk 9 I have..taught you the several Sorts of Wax, and how in what manner you should wax your wintered Boots.
1685 Delightful & Ingenious Novells i. 7 Like the Summer Birds, they left his Winter'd Quarters to seek a Spring in some warmer Climate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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