单词 | winter cold |
释义 | winter coldn. The cold of winter; (occasionally) an instance or episode of cold winter weather. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. i. 132 Plantis..dyeþ in þe wintir coolde [L. hiemali frigore]. 1559 R. Crowley Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. (new ed.) f. 5 Aegypte alwayes to haue been so temperate, that neyther the winter colde, nor the somer heate myght greue hir inhabitantes. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 95 Winter colds, and..the parching Sunne..which in their seasons are there extreame. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 152 From the severe Winter Cold it [sc. the plague] sleeps quietly. 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 82 The summer heats and winter colds are usually extreme. 1922 World's Work Feb. 446/2 The poorest hovel has a suitable means of dealing with the winter cold. 2002 Church Times 20 Dec. 28/1 Several shopping centres offer refuge from the winter cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398 |
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