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.]