winter 音标拼音: [w'ɪntɚ]
n . 冬季,萧条期,衰退期
a . 冬天的
vt . 对…进行冬天保护
vi . 过冬
冬季,萧条期,衰退期冬天的对…进行冬天保护过冬
winter n 1 :
the coldest season of the year ;
in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox [
synonym : {
winter }, {
wintertime }]
v 1 :
spend the winter ; "
We wintered on the Riviera ";
"
Shackleton '
s men overwintered on Elephant Island " [
synonym :
{
winter }, {
overwinter }]
Winter \
Win "
ter \,
n . [
AS .
winter ;
akin to OFries . &
D .
winter ,
OS . &
OHG .
wintar ,
G .
winter ,
D . &
Sw .
vinter ,
Icel .
vetr ,
Goth .
wintrus ;
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
Old Gallic vindo -
white (
in comp .),
OIr .
find white . ????.]
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1 .
The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region ;
the coldest season of the year .
"
Of thirty winter he was old ." --
Chaucer .
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And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter ,
with his wrathful nipping cold .
--
Shak .
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Winter lingering chills the lap of May . --
Goldsmith .
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Note :
North of the equator ,
winter is popularly taken to include the months of December ,
January ,
and February (
see {
Season }).
Astronomically ,
it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice ,
about December 21st ,
and to end with the vernal equinox ,
about March 21st .
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2 .
The period of decay ,
old age ,
death ,
or the like .
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Life '
s autumn past ,
I stand on winter '
s verge .
--
Wordsworth .
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{
Winter apple },
an apple that keeps well in winter ,
or that does not ripen until winter .
{
Winter barley },
a kind of barley that is sown in autumn .
{
Winter berry } (
Bot .),
the name of several American shrubs ({
Ilex verticillata }, {
Ilex laevigata },
etc .)
of the Holly family ,
having bright red berries conspicuous in winter .
{
Winter bloom }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
A plant of the genus Azalea .
(
b )
A plant of the genus {
Hamamelis } ({
Hamamelis Viginica });
witch -
hazel ; --
so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn ,
while the leaves are falling .
{
Winter bud } (
Zool .),
a statoblast .
{
Winter cherry } (
Bot .),
a plant ({
Physalis Alkekengi })
of the Nightshade family ,
which has ,
a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx .
See {
Alkekengi }.
{
Winter cough } (
Med .),
a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter .
{
Winter cress } (
Bot .),
a yellow -
flowered cruciferous plant ({
Barbarea vulgaris }).
{
Winter crop },
a crop which will bear the winter ,
or which may be converted into fodder during the winter .
{
Winter duck }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The pintail .
(
b )
The old squaw .
{
Winter egg } (
Zool .),
an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates ,
and destined to survive the winter .
Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell ,
and often in being enveloped in a protective case .
They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs .
{
Winter fallow },
ground that is fallowed in winter .
{
Winter fat }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
White sage },
under {
White }.
{
Winter fever } (
Med .),
pneumonia . [
Colloq .]
{
Winter flounder }. (
Zool .)
See the Note under {
Flounder }.
{
Winter gull } (
Zool .),
the common European gull ; --
called also {
winter mew }. [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Winter itch }. (
Med .)
See {
Prarie itch },
under {
Prairie }.
{
Winter lodge },
or {
Winter lodgment }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Hibernaculum }.
{
Winter mew }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Winter gull },
above . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Winter moth } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter ,
as the European species ({
Cheimatobia brumata }).
These moths have rudimentary mouth organs ,
and eat no food in the imago state .
The female of some of the species is wingless .
{
Winter oil },
oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather .
{
Winter pear },
a kind of pear that keeps well in winter ,
or that does not ripen until winter .
{
Winter quarters },
the quarters of troops during the winter ;
a winter residence or station .
{
Winter rye },
a kind of rye that is sown in autumn .
{
Winter shad } (
Zool .),
the gizzard shad .
{
Winter sheldrake } (
Zool .),
the goosander . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Winter sleep } (
Zool .),
hibernation .
{
Winter snipe } (
Zool .),
the dunlin .
{
Winter solstice }. (
Astron .)
See {
Solstice },
2 .
{
Winter teal } (
Zool .),
the green -
winged teal .
{
Winter wagtail } (
Zool .),
the gray wagtail ({
Motacilla melanope }). [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Winter wheat },
wheat sown in autumn ,
which lives during the winter ,
and ripens in the following summer .
{
Winter wren } (
Zool .),
a small American wren ({
Troglodytes hiemalis })
closely resembling the common wren .
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Winter \
Win "
ter \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wintered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Wintering }.]
To pass the winter ;
to hibernate ;
as ,
to winter in Florida .
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Because the haven was not commodious to winter in ,
the more part advised to depart thence . --
Acts xxvii .
12 .
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Winter \
Win "
ter \,
v .
i .
To keep ,
feed or manage ,
during the winter ;
as ,
to winter young cattle on straw .
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
winter ":
Christmastide ,
Christmastime ,
Yule ,
Yuletide ,
aestival ,
arctic ,
autumn ,
autumnal ,
bitter weather ,
bleak weather ,
boreal ,
brumal ,
buy time ,
canicular ,
cold snap ,
cold wave ,
cold weather ,
consume time ,
depth of winter ,
equinoctial ,
freeze ,
freezing weather ,
frost ,
hard winter ,
hibernal ,
hiemal ,
keep time ,
kill time ,
look for time ,
measure time ,
midsummer ,
midwinter ,
occupy time ,
out of season ,
pass time ,
put in time ,
race against time ,
raw weather ,
seasonal ,
snap ,
solstitial ,
spend time ,
spring ,
springlike ,
subzero weather ,
summer ,
summerlike ,
summerly ,
summery ,
take time ,
take up time ,
use time ,
vernal ,
weekend ,
winterlike ,
wintertide ,
wintertime ,
wintery ,
wintry ,
wintry weather ,
wintry wind ,
work against time ,
zero weather
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