overwinter

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o·ver·win·ter /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə $ ˌoʊvərˈwɪntər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  HBLIVING/ALIVEto live through the winter, or to make it possible for something to live through the winter 过冬；(使)越冬 These birds generally overwinter in tropical regions. 这些鸟通常在热带地区过冬。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

overwinter• Around twenty thousand wild birds overwinter at Slimbridge.• And ever since the birds have been coming to overwinter at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge.• These are ideal for the amateur breeder or hobbyist who overwinter fish.• These few are the remaining overwintering guests who are just waking up.• Pests overwintering in stubble or soil are foiled by clearing stubble after harvest or letting the land lie fallow.• We may find something wrong with her, items we need for overwintering in the ice.• However, to be on the safe side, it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass.• Some of the alders held overwintering white patches of woolly aphids on their gray stems.

o·ver·win·ter verbChineseSyllable  

through winter, possible make live to the to Corpus it or for

overwinter
o‧ver‧win‧ter /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə $ ˌoʊvərˈwɪntər/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to live through the winter, or to make it possible for something to live through the winter:
    These birds generally overwinter in tropical regions.

over·winterBrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they overwinter BrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it overwinters BrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntərz/ 🔊past simple overwintered BrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntərd/ 🔊past participle overwintered BrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntərd/ 🔊 -ing form overwintering BrE /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈwɪntərɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (of animals, birds and plants 鸟兽和植物) to spend the winter months in a place; to stay alive or to keep sth alive during the winter （使）越冬，度过冬天  ➡  compare winter verb