| 单词 | winter |
| 释义 | winter n. & v. --n 1. the coldest season of the year, in the N. hemisphere from December to February and in the S. hemisphere from June to August. 2. Astron. the period from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox. 3. a bleak or lifeless period or region etc. (nuclear winter). 4. poet. a year (esp. of a person's age) (a man of fifty winters). 5. (attrib.) a characteristic of or suitable for winter (winter light; winter clothes). b (of fruit) ripening late or keeping until or during winter. c (of wheat or other crops) sown in autumn for harvesting the following year. --v 1. intr. (usu. foll. by at, in) pass the winter (likes to winter in the Canaries). 2. tr. keep or feed (plants, cattle) during winter. Phrases and idioms winter aconite see ACONITE 2. winter cress any bitter-tasting cress of the genus Barbarea, esp. B. vulgaris. winter garden a garden or conservatory of plants flourishing in winter. winter jasmine a jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, with yellow flowers. winter quarters a place where soldiers spend the winter. winter sleep hibernation. winter solstice see SOLSTICE. winter sports sports performed on snow or ice esp. in winter (e.g. skiing and ice-skating). winter-tide poet. = WINTERTIME. Derivatives winterer n. winterless adj. winterly adj. Etymology: OE f. Gmc, prob. rel. to WET |
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