winter

英 [ˈwɪntə(r)]

美 [ˈwɪntər]

n.  冬天; 冬季
v.  过冬

复数：winters　现在分词：wintering　过去式：wintered　第三人称单数：winters　过去分词：wintered　

中考高考考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1300 / COCA.1244

习惯用语

n.

in the dead of winter
• 在隆冬；在严冬
  in the coldest part of winter

牛津词典

noun

• 冬天；冬季
  the coldest season of the year, between autumn/fall and spring
  1. a mild/severe/hard winter
     暖 / 严 / 寒冬
  2. Our house can be very cold in (the) winter .
     我们的房子到了冬天可能会非常冷。
  3. They worked on the building all through the winter.
     他们整个冬天都在建这座大楼。
  4. We went to New Zealand last winter.
     我们去年冬天去了新西兰。
  5. the winter months
     冬季的月份
  6. a winter coat
     过冬的大衣

verb

• 过冬
  to spend the winter somewhere
  1. Many British birds winter in Africa.
     许多英国的鸟在非洲过冬。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 冬天;冬季
  Winteris the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
  1. In winter the nights are long and cold.
     冬夜漫长而寒冷。
  2. ...the winter months.
     冬季月份
  3. ...the late winter of 1941.
     1941年冬末
• V-ERG （使）(动植物)过冬
  If an animal or plantwinterssomewhere oris winteredthere, it spends the winter there.
  1. The birds will winter outside in an aviary...
     鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
  2. The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.
     幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
  3. ...one of the most important sites for wintering wildfowl.
     最重要的野禽过冬地之一
• VERB (人)过冬
  If youwintersomewhere, you spend the winter there.
  1. The family decided to winter in Nice again.
     一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。

英英释义

noun

• the coldest season of the year
  Synonym:wintertime

verb

• spend the winter
  1. We wintered on the Riviera
  2. Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
  Synonym:overwinter

双语例句

• If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
  冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
• The family decided to winter in Nice again.
  一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。
• The area is famous for its very mild winter climate.
  这个地区因冬季气候十分温和而著名。
• It's winter already.
  已经到冬天了。
• This is the coldest winter I can remember.
  这是我记忆中最冷的一个冬天。
• Winter was coming on again
  冬天又来了。
• I kept the birds indoors all winter and introduced them into an aviary the following June
  整个冬天我把鸟关在室内，然后在接下来的6月份把它们放入鸟类饲养场饲养。
• During the winter months, great flocks of gulls gather at rubbish tips and sewage outfalls.
  冬季时大群大群的海鸥会聚集在垃圾场和排污口。
• The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
  蛹蛰伏在土壤中，直到冬天它们才蜕变成蛾子飞出来。
• He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.
  他几乎肯定失去了今冬去印度旅行的机会。