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winter ['wintə]
n. 冬季, 萧条期, 衰退期
a. 冬天的
vt. 使度过冬天
vi. 过冬
[经] 冬季
- Winter is the coldest season in a year.
冬季是一年中最冷的季节。 - It became fashionable for the rich to winter in the sun.
在阳光充足的地方过冬成了富人的时尚。
winter
[ noun ]
- the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
<noun.time>
- spend the winter
<verb.stative> overwinter
We wintered on the Riviera
Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter,
OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.]
1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
``Of thirty winter he was old.'' --Chaucer.
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
--Shak.
Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
include the months of December, January, and February
(see {Season}). Astronomically, it may be considered to
begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
--Wordsworth.
{Winter apple}, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen until winter.
{Winter barley}, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
{Winter berry} (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
({Ilex verticillata}, {Ilex l[ae]vigata}, etc.) of the
Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in
winter.
{Winter bloom}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
(b) A plant of the genus {Hamamelis} ({Hamamelis
Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers
appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are
falling.
{Winter bud} (Zo["o]l.), a statoblast.
{Winter cherry} (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi}) of the
Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
inflated and persistent calyx. See {Alkekengi}.
{Winter cough} (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
a cough recurring each winter.
{Winter cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
({Barbarea vulgaris}).
{Winter crop}, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
may be converted into fodder during the winter.
{Winter duck}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pintail.
(b) The old squaw.
{Winter egg} (Zo["o]l.), an egg produced in the autumn by
many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter.
Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
different from that of the summer eggs.
{Winter fallow}, ground that is fallowed in winter.
{Winter fat}. (Bot.) Same as {White sage}, under {White}.
{Winter fever} (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
{Winter flounder}. (Zo["o]l.) See the Note under {Flounder}.
{Winter gull} (Zo["o]l.), the common European gull; -- called
also {winter mew}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Winter itch}. (Med.) See {Prarie itch}, under {Prairie}.
{Winter lodge}, or {Winter lodgment}. (Bot.) Same as
{Hibernaculum}.
{Winter mew}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Winter gull}, above. [Prov.
Eng.]
{Winter moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
European species ({Cheimatobia brumata}). These moths have
rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
{Winter oil}, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
moderately cold weather.
{Winter pear}, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
that does not ripen until winter.
{Winter quarters}, the quarters of troops during the winter;
a winter residence or station.
{Winter rye}, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
{Winter shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad.
{Winter sheldrake} (Zo["o]l.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
{Winter sleep} (Zo["o]l.), hibernation.
{Winter snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin.
{Winter solstice}. (Astron.) See {Solstice}, 2.
{Winter teal} (Zo["o]l.), the green-winged teal.
{Winter wagtail} (Zo["o]l.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
{Winter wheat}, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
winter, and ripens in the following summer.
{Winter wren} (Zo["o]l.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
Winter \Win"ter\, v. i.
To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter
young cattle on straw.
Winter \Win"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wintered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wintering}.]
To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the
more part advised to depart thence. --Acts xxvii.
12.
OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.]
1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
``Of thirty winter he was old.'' --Chaucer.
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
--Shak.
Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
include the months of December, January, and February
(see {Season}). Astronomically, it may be considered to
begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
--Wordsworth.
{Winter apple}, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen until winter.
{Winter barley}, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
{Winter berry} (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
({Ilex verticillata}, {Ilex l[ae]vigata}, etc.) of the
Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in
winter.
{Winter bloom}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
(b) A plant of the genus {Hamamelis} ({Hamamelis
Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers
appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are
falling.
{Winter bud} (Zo["o]l.), a statoblast.
{Winter cherry} (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi}) of the
Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
inflated and persistent calyx. See {Alkekengi}.
{Winter cough} (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
a cough recurring each winter.
{Winter cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
({Barbarea vulgaris}).
{Winter crop}, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
may be converted into fodder during the winter.
{Winter duck}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pintail.
(b) The old squaw.
{Winter egg} (Zo["o]l.), an egg produced in the autumn by
many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter.
Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
different from that of the summer eggs.
{Winter fallow}, ground that is fallowed in winter.
{Winter fat}. (Bot.) Same as {White sage}, under {White}.
{Winter fever} (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
{Winter flounder}. (Zo["o]l.) See the Note under {Flounder}.
{Winter gull} (Zo["o]l.), the common European gull; -- called
also {winter mew}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Winter itch}. (Med.) See {Prarie itch}, under {Prairie}.
{Winter lodge}, or {Winter lodgment}. (Bot.) Same as
{Hibernaculum}.
{Winter mew}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Winter gull}, above. [Prov.
Eng.]
{Winter moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
European species ({Cheimatobia brumata}). These moths have
rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
{Winter oil}, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
moderately cold weather.
{Winter pear}, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
that does not ripen until winter.
{Winter quarters}, the quarters of troops during the winter;
a winter residence or station.
{Winter rye}, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
{Winter shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad.
{Winter sheldrake} (Zo["o]l.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
{Winter sleep} (Zo["o]l.), hibernation.
{Winter snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin.
{Winter solstice}. (Astron.) See {Solstice}, 2.
{Winter teal} (Zo["o]l.), the green-winged teal.
{Winter wagtail} (Zo["o]l.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
{Winter wheat}, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
winter, and ripens in the following summer.
{Winter wren} (Zo["o]l.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
Winter \Win"ter\, v. i.
To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter
young cattle on straw.
Winter \Win"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wintered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wintering}.]
To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the
more part advised to depart thence. --Acts xxvii.
12.
- Development of the winter wheat crop is about two weeks ahead of schedule because of unseasonably warm and wet weather to this point, and is now particularly vulnerable to a cold snap, analysts said.
- The president's remarks came hours after Exxon executives told a congressional panel that the company will suspend cleanup operations for the winter by mid-September.
- At the rear, tourists in swimsuits try on fur hats and winter coats.
- Authors always tell us to place the long-term features first, but new ideas intrude and new possibilities emerge as the site is progressively tamed. I have long-term designs on a low sweet-scented hedge of sarcocca which flowers in winter.
- Partly as a result of the emergency imports, which included razor blades, soap, winter boots and clothes, the Soviet Union posted a trade deficit last year for the first time in 14 years.
- Last summer he played for Sussex Second XI; last winter he took lots of wickets in New Zealand.
- Four days hence, on Monday, the regular winter conference of OPEC opens and all 13 members will begin the effort to take official action on the problem of runaway production.
- The revised preamble was adopted by the country's National Assembly last Thursday on the closing day of its winter session.
- The resolution calls for at least a 6-inch accumulation of snow on Christmas Day, followed by a regular snowfall each day thereafter, with a total of 60 inches or more by the end of the winter.
- He noted that the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma area usually only gets about a half-inch of precipitation in February in a good year, so a dry month doesn't make much difference to the winter wheat crop.
- Strommen said the West is severely lacking in moisture from reduced snowpack during the winter, which resulted in "well-below-normal" reservoir levels in much of the region, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada.
- This summer, the jamboree attracted more visitors than the busiest week of the town's winter ski season.
- Ramp season opens in late winter, but this year started in January because of warm weather.
- They invoke the "competent judgment" of the "44 Nobel laureates" who grace the Federation of American Scientists' masthead, but it has never been brought to bear on "nuclear winter."
- This was augmented last winter, when USAir agreed to operate the former Trump Shuttle which flies between Washington DC-New York-Boston. So the airlines respective routes fit fairly neatly together.
- The Public Health Service is thus recommending a different B strain, the Victoria flu, be included in next winter's vaccine.
- Exxon said it spent more than $1 billion on oil spill claims and cleanup work, and state officials say the cleanup, suspended for the winter, is unfinished.
- North Dakota was under a winter storm warning as snow and gusty north wind threatened the state with near blizzard conditions. Snowfall amounts were expected to range from 4 inches in the west to 10 inches in the east, the weather service said.
- A winter storm watch also was in effect Saturday for southern Wisconsin.
- Clearly the songs that I write are nothing like Elvis Costello songs." Indeed, such lines as "if there's a nuclear winter, at least it will snow," show a sense of humor Costello took a while to reveal.
- "We bought enough to last the winter," Mr. Noreng says.
- A winter storm warning was posted through the night and into Tuesday over the mountains, foothills and piedmont of South Carolina.
- Mr Len Murray's Trades Union Congress enjoyed direct access to the corridors of power. Now, 13 years after the winter of discontent, few members of today's TUC General Council would be recognised on a Clapham omnibus.
- But mostly it is gone, sold over the winter as prices edged upward and the weak dollar encouraged exports.
- He said only 22 per cent of the planned budget for disarmament had been received. At the same time, the Ministry of Energy and Heating has claimed that supplies of heating fuel for winter are in an 'extraordinarily bad' situation.
- When the snow begins to fall _ and an average of 100 inches fall here each winter _ warm water from the city's power plant will be pumped through a grid of plastic pipes underneath downtown streets and sidewalks, melting the snow and ice.
- Four Soviet army officers flew here from Leningrad Sunday to observe winter maneuvers by North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, the allied press information center reported.
- At Adolph Coors Co., for instance, production peaks in the summer, so executives traditionally have taken winter vacations.
- A winter storm warning was posted beginning tonight for the upper Kobuk and Yukon valleys of Alaska.
- "I think it was probably our most popular design," said John Fay, whose Atlantic Screen Print Co. is putting out a winter version that shows Bush on cross-country skis.
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