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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- winter [ 'wɪntɚ] [ 'wɪntə]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- winter ['wɪntə]
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1.
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
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- winter pasture
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3.
n
the period of cold weather associated with the winter
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4.
n
a time of decline, decay, etc
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5.
n
[chiefly poetic]
a year represented by this season
- a man of 72 winters
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6.
vi.
[intr]
to spend the winter in a specified place
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7.
vi.
to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter
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8.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus
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1.
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
Examples
- the white apparel of winter
- 冬天银装素裹的景色 → apparel
- a brutal winter
- 严冬
- a winter sports carnival
- 冬季体育比赛项目 → carnival
- the dead of winter
- 冬天中最冷的时刻，严冬，隆冬 → dead
- the depth of winter
- 隆冬，严冬 → depth
- a mild winter
- 暖和的冬天 → mild
- an open winter
- 不太寒冷的冬天 → open
- lay up grain for winter
- 贮存过冬粮食 → up
- winter sports
- 冬季运动 → winter
- winter apples
- 晚熟苹果 → winter
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