英语词汇“winter solstices”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

winter solstices

释义

winter /winˈtər/

noun

The cold season of the year, lasting approximately from December to February in the northern hemisphere and from June to August in the southern hemisphere
In the astronomical year, the period of time between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox
A year (poetic)
Any season of cheerlessness

adjective

Of, for or occurring in winter
Sown in autumn, as eg winter wheat, winter crop, etc

intransitive verb

To pass the winter somewhere, esp somewhere warm

transitive verb

To feed and keep through winter

ORIGIN: OE; cf ON vetr, Ger Winter; from the Indo-European root seen in wet and water

winˈtered adjective

Having seen many winters, aged (obsolete)
Exposed to winter
Worn in winter (Shakespeare)

winˈterer noun

winterizāˈtion or winterisāˈtion noun

winˈterize or winˈterise transitive verb (esp N American)

To make suitable for use under wintry conditions

winˈterless adjective

winˈterly adjective

Cheerless

winˈtrily adverb

winˈtriness noun

winˈtry or winˈtery adjective

Resembling, belonging to or characteristic of winter
Stormy
Cheerless, unfriendly, cold or hostile

winter aconite see under aconite

winter apple noun

An apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter

winˈter-beaten adjective (Spenser)

Beaten or injured by the cold of winter

winˈterberry noun

A name given to several shrubs of the genus Ilex, growing in the eastern parts of N America

winˈter-bloom noun

The witch-hazel
A species of azalea

winˈterbourne noun

An intermittent spring of water, as found in the chalk districts

winter bud noun

A bud protected by scales in which next year's shoot passes the winter

winter cherry noun

Any species of Physalis, esp Physalis alkekengi
Its edible fruit
The balloon-vine, or its fruit

winˈter-clad adjective

Warmly clad

winter clover noun

The partridgeberry

winter cress noun

A cruciferous plant (genus Barbarea) formerly cultivated for winter salad

winter garden noun

An ornamental garden of evergreens, etc, or a conservatory with flowers, for winter
(in pl; with caps) used sometimes as the name of a theatre, concert hall, etc

winˈtergreen noun

A plant of the genus Pyrola, also of Chimaphila
A plant of the genus Gaultheria, whose oil (oil of wintergreen) is an aromatic stimulant, used in flavouring confectionery and in medicine (chickweed wintergreen either of two plants, Trientalis europaea or Trientalis americana, belonging to the Primulaceae, having white starlike flowers)

winˈter-ground transitive verb (Shakespeare, Cymbeline IV.2.230)

Assumed to mean protect (a plant) from the inclemency of winter

winter heliotrope noun

A plant (Petasites fragrans) producing sweet-smelling lilac flowers in winter

winter jasmine noun

A shrub (Jasminum nudiflorum) which produces yellow flowers in winter

winˈterkill transitive verb (N American)

To kill (a plant or crop) by exposure to the winter's cold

winter melon noun

Another name for casaba

winter moth noun

A moth (Operophtera brumata), the male of which emerges in winter

winter quarters plural noun

The quarters of an army during winter
A winter residence

winter solstice noun

The time of year when, in the northern hemisphere, the sun reaches its southernmost point, or, in the southern hemisphere, its northermost, respectively 21 December and 21 June
The point on the celestial sphere at which, in the northern hemisphere, the ecliptic is furthest south of the celestial equator, or in the southern hemisphere, furthest north (astronomy)

winter sports plural noun

Open-air sports practised on snow and ice, such as skiing, etc

winˈter-sweet noun

A Japanese shrub (Chimonanthus praecox) of the family Calycanthaceae whose fragrant yellow flowers appear before the leaves
Another name for marjoram

winˈtertide noun (archaic)

Wintertime

winˈtertime noun

The season of winter

winˈter-weight adjective

(of clothes) heavy enough or thick enough to be suitable for cold weather

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