| 单词 | wintry |
| 释义 | wintry (wɪntri ) Word forms: wintrier, wintriest 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Wintry weather is cold and has features that are typical of winter. Wintry weather continues to sweep across Britain. A wintry wind was blowing. ...a dark wintry day. Synonyms: cold, freezing, frozen, harsh 2. graded adjective If you describe someone's attitude or behaviour as wintry, you mean that they seem very unfriendly. He was, according to witnesses, extremely wintry with Her Royal Highness. Collocations: wintry landscape I glance out of the window at the wintry landscape and weigh up the situation. The Times Literary Supplement Clients are dropped by helicopter in a pristine, wintry landscape, where the full roast and trimmings awaits them, together with a decorated tree. Times, Sunday Times The ground-level snow had melted, but a row of frosted peaks promised the wintry landscape we'd all rushed to see. Times,Sunday Times His stunning panoramas of wintry landscapes leave man a mere dot in the universe. Times, Sunday Times |
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