单词 | hibernal |
释义 | hibernal (once / 211060 pages) adj Use the adjective hibernal to describe something that has to do with winter, like a grizzly bear's cozy hibernal cave. You can talk about anything wintry as being hibernal — like the snow-covered hibernal woods — but it most often describes an animal that hibernates during the coldest months. For example, a chipmunk's long, deep winter nap can be called a hibernal sleep. The root of hibernal is the Latin word hibernalis, which means "wintry," from the root hiems, "winter." WORD FAMILYhibernal USAGE EXAMPLESOne day a tree is ablaze but foliated, and the next it is half-naked with its hibernal bones sticking out. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) That will oil the wheels of life in this atrociously hibernal weather, and make existence in a fog enjoyable. Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol...(2012) Only two varieties, Lowland Raspberry and Hibernal, bore fair crops. Northern Nut Growers Association, Northern Nut Growers Association In...(2010) adj characteristic of or relating to winter Syn brumal, hiemal wintery, wintry characteristic of or occurring in winter |
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