Winter

Definition

winter /'wÇntǝ(r)/ n [U,C] ေဆာင္းဥတု။ a mild/ hard winter ❍ Many trees lose their leaves in winter. ❍ They worked on the building all through the winter. ❍ The team are touring India this winter. ❍ winter weather ❍ a winter coat. v ( fml ) ေဆာင္းခိုသည္။ It became fashionable to winter in Italy. ❍ the swan's wintering grounds. ❏ winter sports n [pl] ေဆာင္းရာသီအားကစား။ skiing, skating and other winter sports. ❏ wintry /'wÇntri/ adj (က) ေဆာင္းႏွင့္တူေသာ။ ေအးစိမ့္ မႈန္ေဝေသာ။ a wintry landscape ❍ wintry light/ weather. (ခ) ခပ္စိမ္းစိမ္း။ ေအးစက္စက္။ a wintry smile.

Examples

1. We spend the winter in the south.
2. A cold winter’s night
3. [a cold/severe/hard winter] : We’ve had a particularly severe winter this year.
4. [in winter] : We usually go skiing in winter.
5. [in the winter] : This town is deserted in the winter.
6. The pale winter sunshine
7. A winter tour of the West Indies
8. She wore a heavy winter coat.