winter

winter
noun

the coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August
冬，冬天，冬季
the tree has a good crop of berries in winter.
这树在冬季能产大量的浆果。
[as modifier]the winter months.
冬季月份。
■(Astronomy)the period from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
(天文)从冬至点到春分点的期间
■(winters)(poetic/literary)years
(诗／文)年，岁
he seemed a hundred winters old.
他好像有百岁高龄了。

adjective

[attrib.](of fruit) ripening late in the year
（水果）冬季才成熟的
a winter apple.
冬季成熟的苹果。
■(of wheat or other crops) sown in autumn for harvesting the following year
（麦等）秋季播种来年收获的，越冬的

verb

[no obj., with adverbial of place](especially of a bird) spend the winter in a particular place
（尤指鸟）在某处过冬，越冬
birds wintering in the Channel.
在英吉利海峡过冬的鸟。
■[with obj.]keep or feed (plants or cattle) during winter
冬季护养（植物）；冬季饲养（牲口）

派生
winterer
noun
winterless
adjective
winterly
adjective
语源

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch winter and German Winter, probably also to wet

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