单词	overwinter
释义	overwinter /əʊvəˈwɪntə / verb [no object] 1 [with adverbial of place] Spend the winter: many birds overwinter in equatorial regions... The film director humorously compared the number of people who rectified their name with the number of black-faced spoonbills, a protected migratory bird that overwinters in Taiwan. Though the population is still fragile, today as many as 1,000 birds overwinter in the state. Most of them overwinter elsewhere, like the broad-tailed and rufous hummingbirds that pass the cold months in central Mexico, migrating back in summer to drink flow-er nectar and make their chicks on high. 2(Of an insect, plant, etc.) live through the winter: the germinated seeds will overwinter... When temperatures drop, stable flies overwinter as larvae or pupae in piles of larval breeding material. Larvae overwinter in the stalk, pupate in early summer, and adults emerge from June to September. Seedcorn beetles overwinter as adults or pupae.
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