及物动词
1. We winter the cows in the barn.
我们让母牛在牲口棚里过冬。
2. We wintered our cattle in the warm valley.
冬天我们在温暖的山谷中饲养家畜。
名词
1. We have passed the last few winters in the south.
近几年冬天我们都是在南方度过的。
2. It''s cold in winter.
冬天天气冷。
天气
A:I think it’’s going to be a nice day.
我想今天会是一个好天。
B:It’’s certainly a big improvement over yesterday.
肯定比昨天大有好转。
A:But it’’s supposed to get cloudy and windy again this afternoon.
但是,据说今天下午又要转阴刮风了。
B:Well, the worst of the winter should be over.
不过,冬天最糟糕的一段日子总该过去了。
购买服装
A:Hello, can I help you?
您好,我能帮忙吗?
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B:Well, I'm looking for some winter clothes for my wife.
我要买一些冬天的衣服作为礼物送给我妻子。
A:Oh, it is the high time for your purchasing in our clothes shop. We are now having a pre-season sale on all our winter apparel.
现在正是您在本店购物的好时间,我们的冬季衣服正在做换季前打折。
B:Really? What's that?
真的么?
A:Everything for winter is 20% off.
是的,所有的冬季服装打八折。
B:I think my wife may favor the sweater in the shopwindow. And would you like to aid me to look for any skirts going with this sweater?
我想我妻子一定会喜欢陈列窗摆设的那件毛衣。你能帮我选件与它相配的下装吗?
A:Sure. We have both skirts and trousers that would go well with the sweater. Look to this section.
当然。我们有裙子和长裤都可以配那件毛衣。看看这边。
B:I especially like this flowery skirt. My wife must be very elegant in them.
我特别喜欢这件花裙。我妻子穿上这套衣服一定显得很端庄。
A:You have a good taste. It is very much in style this year.
您好眼力。这是今年很流行的样式。
B:But I don't think the green one fits her complexion. Do you have any of those skirts in light color or tan?
但我认为这种绿色的衣服不适合她的肤色。你们有没有浅色或棕褐色的?
A:Look on the rack to your right.
看看你右边的架子。
B:Oh yes. I'll take this one. Can I pay with a traveler's check?
有,我就买这件了。我能用旅行支票付款吗?
A:It's OK.
可以。
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1. 冬天;冬季
Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
e.g. In winter the nights are long and cold.
冬夜漫长而寒冷。
e.g. ...the winter months.
冬季月份
2. (使)(动植物)过冬
If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there.
e.g. The birds will winter outside in an aviary...
鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。
e.g. The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.
幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
3. (人)过冬
If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
e.g. The family decided to winter in Nice again.
一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。
noun
1. the coldest season of the year
in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
Synonym: wintertime
verb
1. spend the winter
e.g. We wintered on the Riviera
Shackleton''s men overwintered on Elephant Island
Synonym: overwinter