单词 | winter |
释义 | Word Frequency winter(ˈwɪntə) noun 1. a. (sometimes capital) the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere b. (as modifier) winter pasture 2. the period of cold weather associated with the winter 3. a time of decline, decay, etc 4. mainly poetic a year represented by this season a man of 72 winters ▶ Related adjectives: brumal, hibernal, hiemalverb 5. (intransitive) to spend the winter in a specified place 6. to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during thewinter Derived forms winterer (ˈwinterer) noun winterish (ˈwinterish) or winter-like (ˈwinter-ˌlike) adjective winterless (ˈwinterless) adjective Word origin Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus |
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