overwinter

/ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌəʊvərˈwɪntər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌō-vər-ˈwin-tər/ (ame, mw)

overwinter — 動詞

  • overwinterpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • overwintershe / she / it
  • overwinteredpast simple
  • overwintering-ing form

1. If a person, animal, or plant overwinters in a place, they stay there from late

1.動詞不及物C1
釋義

過冬

在某地度過整個冬季

If a person, animal, or plant overwinters in a place, they stay there from late autumn until early spring.

例句

Many swallows leave Britain and overwinter in southern Africa.

許多燕子離開英國，到南部非洲過冬。

intransitive + in [place]

Most monarch butterflies overwinter in the high pine forests of central Mexico.

大多數的帝王斑蝶會在墨西哥中部的高山松林裡過冬。

同義詞
  • winter (verb)

    broader, can mean simply spending the season anywhere; less ecological

  • hibernate

    specifically about a deep dormant state, not just spending winter

反義詞

文法句型

overwinter + in/at + [place]

用法筆記

Subject is usually an animal, plant, or migratory population; rarely a single named human outside travel-writing contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The birds overwintered the field.
✅The birds overwintered in the field.
💡sense 1 is intransitive and needs a preposition before the place.

2. To shelter and look after a plant or animal so that it survives the cold months

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

越冬照料

保護植物或動物安然度過寒冬

To shelter and look after a plant or animal so that it survives the cold months until growing weather returns.

例句

Ignacio overwinters his geraniums in a glass porch beside the kitchen.

Ignacio 把他的天竺葵放在廚房旁的玻璃陽台越冬照料。

transitive + [plant] object

The zoo overwinters its tortoises in a heated indoor enclosure each year.

動物園每年都把陸龜安置在加溫的室內欄舍中越冬照料。

subject = institution; object = animals

同義詞
  • winter over

    common informal verb phrase for the same action, often used by gardeners

  • shelter

    wider scope; can mean any protection, not specifically against winter

文法句型

overwinter + [plant/animal]

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense takes a direct object (the thing being protected); sense 1 takes no object. Common with potted plants, bulbs, tropical species, and managed livestock.

常見錯誤

❌I overwinter in my fuchsias indoors.
✅I overwinter my fuchsias indoors.
💡no preposition; the plant is the direct object.

3. To plant a crop in autumn and let it keep growing slowly through the cold months

3.動詞及物C2
釋義

冬作栽培

秋種作物使其慢慢長到春季

To plant a crop in autumn and let it keep growing slowly through the cold months for harvest in spring.

例句

Farmers in eastern England often overwinter wheat to gain an earlier summer harvest.

英格蘭東部的農民常以冬作栽培方式種小麥，好提早夏季收成。

transitive + [crop] object

Sade plans to overwinter garlic so she can harvest fat bulbs in early June.

Sade 打算冬作栽培大蒜，以便六月初收成飽滿的蒜球。

同義詞
  • winter-sow

    specifically about sowing seeds in autumn for spring germination; narrower

反義詞
  • spring-sow

    to plant a crop in spring for a later harvest

文法句型

overwinter + [crop]

用法筆記

Object is almost always a hardy field crop (wheat, barley, garlic, brassicas, broad beans). Distinct from sense 2 because the goal is continued growth and a future harvest, not merely keeping the plant alive.

常見錯誤

❌The garlic overwinters by the farmer.
✅The farmer overwinters the garlic.
💡the cultivator is the subject; the crop is the direct object.

overwinter — 形容詞