winter

noun

1. 冬天；冬季
   the coldest season of the year, between autumn/fall and spring
   1. a mild/severe/hard winter
      暖 / 严 / 寒冬
   2. Our house can be very cold in (the) winter .
      我们的房子到了冬天可能会非常冷。
   3. They worked on the building all through the winter.
      他们整个冬天都在建这座大楼。
   4. We went to New Zealand last winter.
      我们去年冬天去了新西兰。
   5. the winter months
      冬季的月份
   6. a winter coat
      过冬的大衣

verb

1. 过冬
   to spend the winter somewhere
   1. Many British birds winter in Africa.
      许多英国的鸟在非洲过冬。

1. N-VAR 冬天;冬季
   Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
   1. In winter the nights are long and cold.
      冬夜漫长而寒冷。
   2. ...the winter months.
      冬季月份
   3. ...the late winter of 1941.
      1941年冬末
2. V-ERG （使）(动植物)过冬
   If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there.
   1. The birds will winter outside in an aviary...
      鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
   2. The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.
      幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
   3. ...one of the most important sites for wintering wildfowl.
      最重要的野禽过冬地之一
3. VERB (人)过冬
   If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
   1. The family decided to winter in Nice again.
      一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。

1. She won the individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
   她在冬奥会上获得了个人金牌。
2. Sweden is lovely in summer — cold beyond belief in winter
   瑞典的夏天非常宜人——冬天却冷得让人难以置信。
3. He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.
   他几乎肯定失去了今冬去印度旅行的机会。
4. Right now we are in the changeover period between autumn and winter.
   眼下，我们正处于秋冬交替的时候。
5. This is the coldest winter I can remember.
   这是我记忆中最冷的一个冬天。
6. Winter was coming on again
   冬天又来了。
7. Early one Thursday morning in the dead of winter I awoke to a blizzard.
   隆冬时节的一个星期四，一大早醒来我就发现外面刮起了暴风雪。
8. This Saturday the British star is going for gold in the Winter Olympics.
   本周六，这位英国明星将向冬奥会的金牌发起冲击。
9. I kept the birds indoors all winter and introduced them into an aviary the following June
   整个冬天我把鸟关在室内，然后在接下来的6月份把它们放入鸟类饲养场饲养。
10. The area is famous for its very mild winter climate.
    这个地区因冬季气候十分温和而著名。
11. In the north the ground becomes very cold as the winter snow and ice covers the ground
    冬天冰雪覆盖大地，北方的地面变得非常寒冷。
12. During the winter months, great flocks of gulls gather at rubbish tips and sewage outfalls.
    冬季时大群大群的海鸥会聚集在垃圾场和排污口。
13. The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
    蛹蛰伏在土壤中，直到冬天它们才蜕变成蛾子飞出来。
14. Thatch is naturally warm in winter and cool in summer.
    茅草料天生冬暖夏凉。
15. In the winter she wears thick socks, Wellington boots and gloves
    冬天，她穿着厚袜子和橡胶雨靴，戴着手套。
16. In winter the nights are long and cold.
    冬夜漫长而寒冷。
17. The birds will winter outside in an aviary
    鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
18. The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.
    幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
19. The family decided to winter in Nice again.
    一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。
20. I love crisp wintry days when you wrap up in cosy winter clothes.
    我喜欢清冽的冬日，可以裹着舒适的冬衣。
21. It's a sunny late winter day, just a few degrees above zero
    那是晚冬阳光明媚的一天，温度只有零上几度。
22. Spring follows winter.
    冬去春来。
23. If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
    冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
24. There is an ice lantern show in Harbin every year in winter.
    每年冬天，哈尔滨有一次冰灯展。
25. In winter the days are short and the nights long.
    冬天昼短夜长。
26. It's winter already.
    已经到冬天了。
27. Look! It's snowing. Winter is here at last.
    瞧，下雪了。终于是冬天了。
28. That region is drizzly in winter.
    那个地区冬天常下蒙蒙细雨。
29. This section of the country is drizzly in the winter.
    该国的这一地区在冬天经常细雨蒙蒙。
30. I am well-off for winter clothing.
    我的冬衣很充裕。

n.

in the dead of winter

• 在隆冬；在严冬
  in the coldest part of winter

noun

1. the coldest season of the year

   Synonym:    wintertime

verb

1. spend the winter
   1. We wintered on the Riviera
   2. Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island

   Synonym:    overwinter