Winter Cold Don’t Long Noun Season Wintered Prep/Adv
The word 'winter' can be used as a noun to refer to the season known for cold weather, or as a verb meaning to spend the winter in a particular place or to help plants/animals survive the winter.
winter
1 [N-VAR 可变名词] 冬天;冬季 Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词] (使)(动植物)过冬 If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there.
3 [VERB 动词] (人)过冬 If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
[N-VAR 可变名词]冬天;冬季Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
In winter the nights are long and cold.
冬夜漫长而寒冷。
...the winter months.
冬季月份
...the late winter of 1941.
1941年冬末
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(动植物)过冬 If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there.
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The birds will winter outside in an aviary...
鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.
幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
...one of the most important sites for wintering wildfowl.
最重要的野禽过冬地之一
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[VERB 动词](人)过冬 If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
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[FORMAL 正式]
The family decided to winter in Nice again.
一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。
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win·ter★/ˈwɪntə(r); NAmEˈwɪntər/
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winterwinterswinteredwinteringnoun★[uncountable , countable ]the coldest season of the year, between autumn/fall and spring 冬天;冬季◆a mild/severe/hard winter暖冬;严冬;隆冬◆Our house can be very cold in (the) winter.我们的房子到了冬天有时会非常冷。◆They worked on the building all through the winter.他们整个冬天都在建这座大楼。◆We went to New Zealand last winter.我们去年冬天去了新西兰。◆the winter months冬季的月份◆a winter coat过冬的大衣IDIOMsee
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n.verb[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to spend the winter somewhere 过冬◆Many British birds winter in Africa.许多英国的鸟在非洲过冬。☞compare
the season after autumn and before spring, when the weather is coldest → summer: Soon it will be winter.in (the) winter It usually snows here in the winter.this/last/next winter Fuel supplies could be seriously disrupted this winter.GRAMMAR: Patterns with winterin winter/in the winter• You use in winter or in the winter when saying that something happens at that time: · It often snows here in winter.· We’re going skiing in the winter.last winter/this winter etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last winter: · Last winter the temperature fell to minus 20 degrees.✗Don’t say: In last winter the temperature fell to minus 20 degrees.• You say this winter: · We’ve had a lot of snow this winter.✗Don’t say: We’ve had a lot of snow in this winter.• You say next winter: · Next winter she will turn 18.✗Don’t say: In next winter she will turn 18.• You say that winter: · The lake froze over that winter.✗Don’t say: The lake froze over in that winter.COLLOCATIONSadjectivescold· That winter was particularly cold.severe/hard/harsh (=very cold)· In a hard winter, many birds starve.mild (=not very cold)· Winters here are generally mild.long (=lasting a long time)· The long winter finally came to an end.winter + NOUNthe winter months· During the winter months the town is often cut off.winter coat/shoes (=designed for winter)· I need a new winter coat.phrasesin the depths of winter (=in the middle of the winter)· Even in the depths of winter, the harbour is never completely frozen.the onset of winter· She dreaded the onset of winter.