单词 | wintry |
释义 | wintry (once / 1634 pages) 1adj 2adj If it makes you think of winter, it's wintry. Use the adjective wintry to describe a cold, gray January day. The adjective wintry is sometimes spelled wintery. Either way, it describes something that happens in the winter time, or that reminds you of winter in some way. A photograph of your uncle's snow-covered Christmas tree farm shows a wintry scene, and a blustery wind on a February morning will feel wintry. It can also describe a person who is emotionally cool or unfriendly: "Her greeting was wintry, and she refused to shake my hand." WORD FAMILYwintry: wintrier, wintriest, wintrily+/overwinter: overwintered, overwintering, overwinters/winter: midwinter, overwinter, wintered, wintering, winterise, winterize, winters, wintery, wintry/winterize: winterized, winterizing USAGE EXAMPLESEnjoy the wintry night sky full of stars through telescopes afterward, weather permitting. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Consider using a nontraditional color palette that is more wintry than Christmasy. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Ms. Munro’s northern world is a place of drab, wintry tones and buttoned-up emotions, a far cry from Mr. Almodóvar’s empire of passions. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 adj characteristic of or occurring in winter 2suffered severe wintry weather brown wintry grasses Syn|Ant wintery brumal, hibernal, hiemal characteristic of or relating to winter winter-blooming, winter-floweringof plants that bloom during the winter vernal of or characteristic of or occurring in spring summerybelonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer autumnalof or characteristic of or occurring in autumn early-blooming, early-flowering, late-spring-blooming, spring-blooming, spring-floweringof plants that bloom during the spring aestival, estival(rare) of or occurring in summer summer-blooming, summer-floweringof plants that bloom during the summer autumn-blooming, autumn-flowering, fall-blooming, fall-flowering, late-blooming, late-floweringof plants that bloom during the autumn late-ripeningof plants that ripen in the fall adj devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain wintry smile Syn frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy cold extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion |
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