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winter

Word family

Related topics: Chronology

win·ter1 /ˈwɪntə $ -ər/ S2 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU]

TMCthe season after autumn and before spring, when the weather is coldest 冬季，冬天 → summer

Soon it will be winter.

很快要到冬天了。

in (the) winter

It usually snows here in the winter.

这儿冬天一般会下雪。

this/last/next winter

Fuel supplies could be seriously disrupted this winter.

今年冬季燃料供应可能会受到严重影响。

n GRAMMAR: Patterns with winter

in winter/in the winter

You use in winter or in the winter when saying that something happens at that time:

It often snows here in winter.

We’re going skiing in the winter.

last winter/this winter etc

Don’t use in with these words:

You say last winter:

Last winter the temperature fell to minus 20 degrees.

✗Don’t say: In last winter the temperature fell to minus 20 degrees.

You say this winter:

We’ve had a lot of snow this winter.

✗Don’t say: We’ve had a lot of snow in this winter.

You say next winter:

Next winter she will turn 18.

✗Don’t say: In next winter she will turn 18.

You say that winter:

The lake froze over that winter.

✗Don’t say: The lake froze over in that winter.

COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

cold 寒冷的

That winter was particularly cold.

那个冬天特别冷。

severe/hard/harsh (=very cold) 严寒的/严酷的/寒冷的

In a hard winter, many birds starve.

在严寒的冬天,许多鸟忍饥挨饿。

mild (=not very cold) 温暖的

Winters here are generally mild.

这里的冬天通常是温暖的。

nlong (=lasting a long time)

The long winter finally came to an end.

winter + NOUN

the winter months 冬季月份

During the winter months the town is often cut off.

冬天的几个月里，这个镇常常与外界隔绝。

winter coat/shoes (=designed for winter) 冬衣/冬鞋

nI need a new winter coat.

phrases

in the depths of winter (=in the middle of the winter) 在隆冬

nEven in the depths of winter, the harbour is never completely frozen.

nthe onset of winter

She dreaded the onset of winter.

Examples from the Corpus

winter• Both in summer and winter thousands came to the mountains, returning home with yoghurt, cheese and other products.• After the hard winter of 1848, the family immigrated to Pittsburgh, where her sisters lived.• In winter the frozen river is the only route into Zanskar.• In winter, rice fields were bare and brown, but there was the anticipation of spring planting just around the corner.• The compartments have little curtains in the windows; the lamps are lit; it's eleven a.m. but still winter.• In the summer, open windows and in the winter, turn on the heating so it is warm and welcoming.• In the winter, it had taken several days at room temperature before they showed any signs of life.• It was winter at last and a cool breeze blew at night.

in (the) winter• She was used to draughty spaces, soaring walls, a nightly ritual of wraps and hot bricks in winter.• And the island offers value for the travel dollar, especially in winter.• Biaggi visited Pech-Merle in winter after the tourist season, so that she received a private tour.• Requires a resting period in Winter.• But the theaters hit a problem in the winter, when hens lay fewer eggs and audiences began to dwindle.• Hen harriers, merlins and short-eared owls may be seen in winter.• During a 45-day storm in the winter of 1968-69, the Mount Disney and Mount Lincoln chair lifts virtually disappeared.• You can take a few simple steps to help keep your home warmer in winter time.

winter2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] formal

STAY WITH SB, IN A HOTEL ETCto spend the winter somewhere 〔在某处〕过冬 → summer

Last year, over 11,000 Canadians wintered in Arizona.

去年有超过11,000名加拿大人在亚利桑那州过冬。

Examples from the Corpus

winter• About 100 are now found wintering fairly regularly in Bosham Creek.• Maynard Bolster, wintering from Kalispell, Mont., is in his customary seat, dutifully keeping score.• As many as 80,000 knot spend their winters here - that's around a quarter of the total population wintering in Britain.• Except in very cold weather, however, the numbers wintering in Sussex are never very large.

Origin winter1

Old English