Definition of wintry in English:

wintry

(also wintery)

adjectivewintriest, wintrier ˈwɪnt(ə)riˈwɪnt(ə)ri

Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak.
冬天（或冬季）特有的；（尤指在感觉或外观上）寒冷的；阴冷的；凄凉的
a wintry landscape
冬天（似）的景观。
Example sentencesExamples
- Admittedly we hesitate on cold, wintry mornings when needles of rain spike the bedroom window.
- His eyes told of unspoken words, his radiant smile warmed my heart like a ray of sunshine on cold wintry day.
- On a bleak wintry day, how we could improve our lot if we could just adjust the colour and brightness of the world that swirls around us.
- Sheep brave the wintry weather at Hawes in Wensleydale during the cold snap which has hit the region
- Sitting here in cold, wet wintry London has got me thinking of the great year I spent in Australia.
- We see all four girls training for the sprint relay on a bitterly cold wintry day, with constant rain lashing the track.
- The restaurant and bars also traded in Euros with hot whiskeys the order of the day, staving off the chill wintry winds.
- On camera she seems angular and frosty, a wintry weather vane, but in real life much softer.
- During this cold wintry spell maybe they might need some help with shopping or suchlike.
- The entire composition is unified by an extensive, wintry landscape containing distant narrative details.
- Not least, the frosty fog that lies over the valley floor adds a cold, wintery veil.
- Runners encountered wintry and snowy conditions on the summit although it was mild and calm in Kirkby Stephen.
- To the north and northwest, the sky looks cold and wintry, the clouds like ice cubes.
- Even though we are experiencing cold, wintry weather, the prospects of a white Christmas do not seem to be high.
- The sun was shining outside, but it didn't change the wintery cold that stuck to the windows and tried to enter the warm room.
- In the wintry rain, it feels bleak, but today it was bathed in summer light and it felt like a really good place to be.
- Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors.
- It was one of those cold wintry days of the month of January that sent chills of frost through the air.
- It is a bleak wintry scene as an SUV makes its way down an unpaved road to a rural village.
- His adrenaline did not the let the cold wintry night chill his bones, he felt as warm as could be.
Synonyms
bleak, cold, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, arctic, glacial, frigid, bitter, biting, piercing, sharp, raw
informal nippy
British informal parky
literary chill
rare hyperborean, hibernal, hiemal, brumal
unfriendly, cool, chilly, cold, frosty, frigid, glacial, bleak, distant, remote

Derivatives

wintrily

adverb

You'll see ice palaces of crystal-clear beauty, which will lead you even on hot summer days into a wintrily world of ice.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its own crushed infinity of crystals, its own richness of tiny sculpture, fills it, when regarded near at hand, with wonderful depths of coloured shadow, and, though wintrily transformed, it is still water, and has watery tones of blue.
- I'd have sworn he was still burning the way his body shone. Barr's tone is homely, gnarled, wintrily pastoral.

wintriness

noun

There is supporting evidence as to the wintriness in Dickens's description of the bleak skies, cold rain, and mud that accompanies Martin's tumbril-like journey by cart from Salisbury to London.
Example sentencesExamples
- There was no breeze next to the deserted highway, but the air was filled with prickly wintriness.
- However, most artists, poets and writers tend to create winter sceneries that mark what is popularly known as the wintriness of the season.
- It was really cold while we were there but the Finnish environment is so pristine that the wintriness was inspiring rather than grim.
- This brief and lovely piece is born of a kind of dreamy wintriness that is immediately captivating.

Origin

Old English wintrig (see winter, -y¹).

Definition of wintry in US English:

wintry

(also wintery)

adjectiveˈwɪnt(ə)riˈwint(ə)rē

Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak.
冬天（或冬季）特有的；（尤指在感觉或外观上）寒冷的；阴冷的；凄凉的
a wintry landscape
冬天（似）的景观。
figurative his eyes were decidedly wintry
Example sentencesExamples
- During this cold wintry spell maybe they might need some help with shopping or suchlike.
- The entire composition is unified by an extensive, wintry landscape containing distant narrative details.
- On camera she seems angular and frosty, a wintry weather vane, but in real life much softer.
- It was one of those cold wintry days of the month of January that sent chills of frost through the air.
- Sitting here in cold, wet wintry London has got me thinking of the great year I spent in Australia.
- Runners encountered wintry and snowy conditions on the summit although it was mild and calm in Kirkby Stephen.
- In the wintry rain, it feels bleak, but today it was bathed in summer light and it felt like a really good place to be.
- Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors.
- On a bleak wintry day, how we could improve our lot if we could just adjust the colour and brightness of the world that swirls around us.
- We see all four girls training for the sprint relay on a bitterly cold wintry day, with constant rain lashing the track.
- Admittedly we hesitate on cold, wintry mornings when needles of rain spike the bedroom window.
- The restaurant and bars also traded in Euros with hot whiskeys the order of the day, staving off the chill wintry winds.
- Sheep brave the wintry weather at Hawes in Wensleydale during the cold snap which has hit the region
- His eyes told of unspoken words, his radiant smile warmed my heart like a ray of sunshine on cold wintry day.
- The sun was shining outside, but it didn't change the wintery cold that stuck to the windows and tried to enter the warm room.
- It is a bleak wintry scene as an SUV makes its way down an unpaved road to a rural village.
- His adrenaline did not the let the cold wintry night chill his bones, he felt as warm as could be.
- To the north and northwest, the sky looks cold and wintry, the clouds like ice cubes.
- Even though we are experiencing cold, wintry weather, the prospects of a white Christmas do not seem to be high.
- Not least, the frosty fog that lies over the valley floor adds a cold, wintery veil.
Synonyms
bleak, cold, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, arctic, glacial, frigid, bitter, biting, piercing, sharp, raw
unfriendly, cool, chilly, cold, frosty, frigid, glacial, bleak, distant, remote

Origin

Old English wintrig (see winter, -y).

单词	wintry
释义	Definition of wintry in English: wintry (also wintery) adjectivewintriest, wintrier ˈwɪnt(ə)riˈwɪnt(ə)ri Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak. 冬天（或冬季）特有的；（尤指在感觉或外观上）寒冷的；阴冷的；凄凉的 a wintry landscape 冬天（似）的景观。 Example sentencesExamples Admittedly we hesitate on cold, wintry mornings when needles of rain spike the bedroom window. His eyes told of unspoken words, his radiant smile warmed my heart like a ray of sunshine on cold wintry day. On a bleak wintry day, how we could improve our lot if we could just adjust the colour and brightness of the world that swirls around us. Sheep brave the wintry weather at Hawes in Wensleydale during the cold snap which has hit the region Sitting here in cold, wet wintry London has got me thinking of the great year I spent in Australia. We see all four girls training for the sprint relay on a bitterly cold wintry day, with constant rain lashing the track. The restaurant and bars also traded in Euros with hot whiskeys the order of the day, staving off the chill wintry winds. On camera she seems angular and frosty, a wintry weather vane, but in real life much softer. During this cold wintry spell maybe they might need some help with shopping or suchlike. The entire composition is unified by an extensive, wintry landscape containing distant narrative details. Not least, the frosty fog that lies over the valley floor adds a cold, wintery veil. Runners encountered wintry and snowy conditions on the summit although it was mild and calm in Kirkby Stephen. To the north and northwest, the sky looks cold and wintry, the clouds like ice cubes. Even though we are experiencing cold, wintry weather, the prospects of a white Christmas do not seem to be high. The sun was shining outside, but it didn't change the wintery cold that stuck to the windows and tried to enter the warm room. In the wintry rain, it feels bleak, but today it was bathed in summer light and it felt like a really good place to be. Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors. It was one of those cold wintry days of the month of January that sent chills of frost through the air. It is a bleak wintry scene as an SUV makes its way down an unpaved road to a rural village. His adrenaline did not the let the cold wintry night chill his bones, he felt as warm as could be. Synonyms bleak, cold, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, arctic, glacial, frigid, bitter, biting, piercing, sharp, raw informal nippy British informal parky literary chill rare hyperborean, hibernal, hiemal, brumal unfriendly, cool, chilly, cold, frosty, frigid, glacial, bleak, distant, remote Derivatives wintrily adverb You'll see ice palaces of crystal-clear beauty, which will lead you even on hot summer days into a wintrily world of ice. Example sentencesExamples Its own crushed infinity of crystals, its own richness of tiny sculpture, fills it, when regarded near at hand, with wonderful depths of coloured shadow, and, though wintrily transformed, it is still water, and has watery tones of blue. I'd have sworn he was still burning the way his body shone. Barr's tone is homely, gnarled, wintrily pastoral. wintriness noun There is supporting evidence as to the wintriness in Dickens's description of the bleak skies, cold rain, and mud that accompanies Martin's tumbril-like journey by cart from Salisbury to London. Example sentencesExamples There was no breeze next to the deserted highway, but the air was filled with prickly wintriness. However, most artists, poets and writers tend to create winter sceneries that mark what is popularly known as the wintriness of the season. It was really cold while we were there but the Finnish environment is so pristine that the wintriness was inspiring rather than grim. This brief and lovely piece is born of a kind of dreamy wintriness that is immediately captivating. Origin Old English wintrig (see winter, -y¹). Definition of wintry in US English: wintry (also wintery) adjectiveˈwɪnt(ə)riˈwint(ə)rē Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak. 冬天（或冬季）特有的；（尤指在感觉或外观上）寒冷的；阴冷的；凄凉的 a wintry landscape 冬天（似）的景观。 figurative his eyes were decidedly wintry Example sentencesExamples During this cold wintry spell maybe they might need some help with shopping or suchlike. The entire composition is unified by an extensive, wintry landscape containing distant narrative details. On camera she seems angular and frosty, a wintry weather vane, but in real life much softer. It was one of those cold wintry days of the month of January that sent chills of frost through the air. Sitting here in cold, wet wintry London has got me thinking of the great year I spent in Australia. Runners encountered wintry and snowy conditions on the summit although it was mild and calm in Kirkby Stephen. In the wintry rain, it feels bleak, but today it was bathed in summer light and it felt like a really good place to be. Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors. On a bleak wintry day, how we could improve our lot if we could just adjust the colour and brightness of the world that swirls around us. We see all four girls training for the sprint relay on a bitterly cold wintry day, with constant rain lashing the track. Admittedly we hesitate on cold, wintry mornings when needles of rain spike the bedroom window. The restaurant and bars also traded in Euros with hot whiskeys the order of the day, staving off the chill wintry winds. Sheep brave the wintry weather at Hawes in Wensleydale during the cold snap which has hit the region His eyes told of unspoken words, his radiant smile warmed my heart like a ray of sunshine on cold wintry day. The sun was shining outside, but it didn't change the wintery cold that stuck to the windows and tried to enter the warm room. It is a bleak wintry scene as an SUV makes its way down an unpaved road to a rural village. His adrenaline did not the let the cold wintry night chill his bones, he felt as warm as could be. To the north and northwest, the sky looks cold and wintry, the clouds like ice cubes. Even though we are experiencing cold, wintry weather, the prospects of a white Christmas do not seem to be high. Not least, the frosty fog that lies over the valley floor adds a cold, wintery veil. Synonyms bleak, cold, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, arctic, glacial, frigid, bitter, biting, piercing, sharp, raw unfriendly, cool, chilly, cold, frosty, frigid, glacial, bleak, distant, remote Origin Old English wintrig (see winter, -y).
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