🇬🇧🇨🇳 wintertime - 冬季 : English Lesson

Meaning of "wintertime" ("冬季"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Wintertime is the part of the year when it’s very cold outside, it might snow, the days are shorter and darker, and people wear warm clothes like coats, hats, gloves, and boots to stay cozy.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

In wintertime, my brother wears so many sweaters he looks like a walking laundry pile.

Our dog loves wintertime because he thinks every snowball is a brand‑new ball just for him.

Wintertime is the only season when putting on socks feels like installing tiny heaters on your feet.

During wintertime, the school bus feels like a refrigerator on wheels full of frozen students.

In the coldest wintertime ever recorded on Earth, in Antarctica, temperatures dropped below −89°C—that’s so cold your breath could practically freeze in midair!

In wintertime a child pulled on a red coat and boots. Wintertime air burned his cheeks as he and his dog chased falling flakes. Wintertime streetlamps glowed while he packed cold snow into a round friend. All wintertime nights smelled of pine. Later, wintertime evenings brought cocoa and the warm kitchen light; they sighed and slept, happy.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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