winter

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  • US
  • [ 'wɪntɚ]
  • UK
  • [ 'wɪntə]
  • Derivatives : n winterer
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

winter ['wɪntər]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] 冬季
  2. 2. vi. 过冬
    in (the) winter
    在冬季

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

winter [ 'wɪntɚ] [ 'wɪntə]
  1. 1. noun 冬;冬季
    Several prospective schemes were suggested and will be worked on over the winter.
    几个远景方案被提了出来,并将于冬天进一步讨论完善。
  2. 2. noun 冷天
  3. 3. noun 年龄;岁;尤指:老年
    a man of eighty winters
    八旬老翁
  4. 4. noun 萧条期;衰退期;逆境
  5. 5. adjective 冬天的
  6. 6. adjective 冬天用的;冬季进行的
    winter sports
    冬季运动
  7. 7. adjective 适于冬藏的
    winter apples
    晚熟苹果
  8. 8. adjective (农作物等)越冬的
    winter wheat
    冬小麦
  9. 9. vi. 过冬,越冬
    He is wintering in Japan.
    他正在日本过冬。
  10. 10. vi. 靠某种食物过冬
  11. 11. vt. 对…进行冬天保护(或管理);对…进行冬天饲养

Collins English-English Dictionary

winter ['wɪntə]
  1. 2. n [sometimes capital] the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
  2. 3. n (as modifier)
    winter pasture
  3. 4. n the period of cold weather associated with the winter
  4. 5. n a time of decline, decay, etc
  5. 6. n [chiefly poetic] a year represented by this season
    a man of 72 winters
  6. 7. vi. [intr] to spend the winter in a specified place
  7. 8. vi. to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter
  8. 9. vi. [Etymology] Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus