单词 | winter-weary |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter-weary winter-weary adj. (and n.) tired of or exhausted by winter; also as n. (with the and plural agreement), denoting people in such a state considered collectively. ΚΠ 1845 Youth's Compan. 27 Mar. 187/3 Whispering its cheering words into the ear of the winter weary. 1859 R. M. Copeland Country Life xlv. 384 The green herbage is eagerly cropped by the winter-weary sheep and lambs. 1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 160 We who are winter-weary in the winter of the world. 1968 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. 46/2 The sun-yellow forsythia is just beginning to nod a welcoming hello to winter-weary apartment-dwellers pouring into the parks. 2008 Islands Nov. 44 Best of all for the winter-weary, many Caribbean islands lie just hours away by air from American hubs. < as lemmas |
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