wintering是什么意思？

wintering

英['wɪntərɪŋ] 美['wɪntərɪŋ]

• 越冬；

例句

• The cows are wintering over on straw in the barn. 这些母牛靠稻草在牲口棚里过冬.
• Both are designated primarily for migrating and wintering birds. 它们都主要是过路和越冬鸟类的栖息地.
• The refuge contains the largest wintering population of elk in the world. 这座庇护所有着世界上数量最大的冬季麋鹿群.

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• N-VAR
  冬天;冬季
  Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the winter the weather is usually cold.
  例句
  In winter the nights are long and cold. 冬夜漫长而寒冷。 ...the winter months. 冬季月份
• V-ERG
  （使）(动植物)过冬
  If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there.
  例句
  The birds will winter outside in an aviary... 鸟儿们将在外面的大鸟笼里过冬。 The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame. 幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。
• VERB
  (人)过冬
  If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
  例句
  The family decided to winter in Nice again. 一家人决定还是到尼斯过冬。