英和和英

固有名詞

Old Man Winter

1. Personification of winter.^[1][2]
   • 2002, Robert H. Claxton, Claxton on Williams and Duedall, Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001:

     It is interesting how we personalize or humanize certain forces which we cannot control like "Mother Nature" and "Old Man Winter".

   • 2001, Sara Foss, The Daily Gazette: Speaking of the weather.

     […] the media like to humanize the weather, to suggest that we’re in some kind of grim battle with Old Man Winter when it’s cold or snowy […]

   • 2003, Scotland Miles, Don't Take Me To Your Leader Pg. 28-29. →ISBN

     They also have humanized time and weather, with such references as "Father Time" and "Old Man Winter", "Mother Earth" and "Hurricane Floyd".

参考

• anthropomorphism
• Father Frost
• humanization
• Jack Frost
• Mother Nature
• Ullr

Further reading

• AccuWeather: Where Did Old Man Winter, Jack Frost Come From?

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