Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural winters, present participle wintering, past tense, past participle wintered
1N-VAR 冬天;冬季Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold. 冬天;冬季
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. [+ of]
1941年冬末
2V-ERG (使)(动植物)过冬 If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there. (使)(动植物)过冬 [Also VERB n preposition/adverb]
The birds will winter outside in an aviary. [VERB adv./prep.]
鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame. [beVERB-ed prep./adv.]
幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
...one of the most important sites for wintering wildfowl. [VERB-ing]
最重要的野禽过冬地之一
3VERB (人)过冬 If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there. (人)过冬 [formal]
The family decided to winter in Nice again. [VERB prep./adv.]
ADJECTIVE | WINTER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤last, this past (especially NAmE) 去年冬季;剛剛過去的冬天▸➤the following, next, this, this coming下一個冬天;明年冬季;今年冬季;這個即將到來的冬天▸➤early, late初冬;深冬◇It was impossible to walk the route in late winter.在暮冬時節步行走那條路線是不可能的。➤long漫長的冬天▸➤bad, bitter, brutal, cold, freezing, frigid, hard, harsh, icy, severe, terrible天氣惡劣的冬天;難熬的冬天;嚴寒的冬天;嚴冬;冰冷的冬天;可怕的冬天◇one of the worst winters we have ever had我們所經歷過的最嚴酷的冬季之一➤bleak, dark, dreary, grey/gray陰冷的冬天;陰鬱的冬季;灰濛濛的冬天▸➤mild, warm暖冬▸➤wet潮濕的冬天▸➤nuclear核冬天WINTER + NOUN➤conditions, temperature, weather冬季天氣情況;冬日的氣溫;冬天的天氣▸➤sun, sunlight, sunshine冬天的太陽;冬日的陽光▸➤cold冬天的寒冷▸➤frost, rain, snow冬霜;冬雨;冬雪◇plants which are susceptible to winter frosts不耐霜凍的植物➤gale, wind冬日的狂風;冬天的寒風▸➤landscape, scene, sky冬日風景;冬日景色;冬日的天空◇the artist's bleak winter scene藝術家筆下那淒涼的冬日景色➤solstice冬至▸➤term冬季學期▸➤break, holiday, vacation (NAmE) 寒假➤holidays (= the time including Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year) (BrE, NAmE) (包括聖誕節、光明節和新年在內的)冬假▸➤garden溫室▸➤crop越冬作物▸➤clothes, clothing, coat冬衣;冬裝;防寒外套▸➤collection冬裝系列▸➤Olympics, sports冬季奧運會/運動PHRASES➤go, fly, head, etc. south for the winter去往、飛往、前往等南方過冬◇The birds fly south for the winter.這些鳥飛往南方過冬。➤in the dead of winter, in the depths of winter在隆冬◇a frigid midwestern city in the dead of winter隆冬時節一個寒冷的中西部城市➡ note at season(for more collocates)