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- 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。
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- Astronomy the period from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox【天文】从冬至点到春分点的期间。
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winters
poetic/literary years〈诗/文〉年, 岁：he seemed a hundred winters old.
他好像有百岁高龄了。
attrib.
1- (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。
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- (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。
no obj., with adverbial of place
1- (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。
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- with obj. keep or feed (plants or cattle) during winter冬季护养（植物）; 冬季饲养（牲口）; 使度过冬季。
派生词
winterer
nounwinterless
adjectivewinterly
adjective词源
Old English， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch winter and German Winter, probably also to WET.