单词 | old-fashioned winter |
释义 | > as lemmasold-fashioned winter old-fashioned winter n. a winter marked by snow and hard frost. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > winter midwinterOE wintertideOE winterOE wintertimea1398 hiemsc1450 snow-time1535 dead of winter1548 after-winter1593 back-winter1599 snow1778 ice queen1818 old-fashioned winter1829 1829 Worcester (Mass.) Talisman 24 Jan. 175/2 Although the old fashioned winter had..great coldness in his manner, he used to bring in his train a host of comforts, to which his presence added double zest. 1855 Littell's Living Age 21 Apr. 161/2 Columbine had hardly proceeded a dozen yards when she had twice as many offers made her of arms whereon to find support over the slippery pavement; for it was an old fashioned winter in Wakefield. 1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xiii. 86 We never seem to have old-fashioned winters nowadays. 2004 B. Rock in W. Tyson Pitch Perfect (2010) xiii. 133 While some may consider this a ‘good old fashioned winter’, it bears little resemblance to those of the 1950s or '60s. < as lemmas |
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