单词	wintry
释义	wintrywin‧try /ˈwɪntri/ (also win‧ter‧y /ˈwɪntəri/) adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a wintry February morning Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire. We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Experienced Iowa Republican activists suggest that undecided voters may stay home on what is likely to be a raw wintry evening. Her smiles were few and wintry. Large dark pines stood like sentinels guarding the sweep of wintry garden. She stared alone, and nomole appeared upon the wintry slopes below. The wintry street rolled by too slowly. The scriptorium was poorly lighted; and on wintry days, the cold freely penetrated and benumbed the body of the scribe. We walked in the wintry Perthshire countryside and were happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorcold weather► cold · This is the coldest winter we've had in years.· a cold January eveningit's cold (=the weather is cold) · Put your gloves on - it's cold outside today.it gets cold · It gets really cold here at night.cold weather · The layer of fat below a goose's skin protects it from cold weather. ► the cold cold weather - use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside: · Come in. Don't stand out there in the cold. ► chilly cold, but not extremely cold: · a chilly morning in Aprilit's chilly (=the weather is chilly): · It's a little chilly out here - I think we'll go inside.it gets/turns chilly: · Temperatures were in the 80s on Tuesday, but it turned chilly Wednesday afternoon. ► nippy informal a little cold: · The weather's getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy.it's nippy (=the weather is nippy): · I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out here. ► frosty very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear: · They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.· It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass. ► wintry cold with snow or rain, and typical of the weather you often have in winter: · We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills.· Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire. ► cold spell a period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual: · Last month's cold spell was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of old people.· The price of firewood usually shoots up during cold spells. ► cold snap a sudden short period of very cold weather: · It was a wintry day in April in the middle of an unexpected cold snap. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► day · Jumble up the shades cottage-garden style or choose a cool colour such as cream that will show up on dark wintry days.· Outside, it was a wintry day.· It was a wintry day when Uncle was buried, with a bit of snow around. Word family WORD FAMILYnounwintermidwinteradjectivewintryverbwinter 1cold or typical of winter → summery:  a wintry day wintry showers2a wintry smile or expression is not very friendly
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