east windn.

Brit.

/ˈiːs(t) ˈwɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈis(t) ˈwɪnd/

Forms: see east adv., adj., and n.¹ and wind n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., wind n.¹

Etymology: < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east adj. (see discussion at east adv., adj., and n.¹) + wind n.¹ Compare Middle Low German ōstwint , ōstewint . Compare easten-wind n. at easten adv. 1.In sense 2 after Chinese dōngfēng < dōng east + fēng wind (see feng shui n.). In Chinese, the compass points are traditionally enumerated starting with the east, hence the east wind's lead position in the game.

1. A wind blowing from the east. Also figurative.The east wind is proverbially bleak, unpleasant, and injurious to health; Biblical contexts frequently refer to the scorching and destructive east wind of Palestine.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > east

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OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iv. i. 200 [Quattuor principales uenti, quorum hec sunt nomina:] subsolanus, zephirus, septentrio : east wind west norð.

lOE Names of Winds (Tiber. C.i) in Anglia (1889) 11 104 Estwind, Subsolanus.

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 18* Vent de biz et vent solerne, Northwynde Estwynde.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. iii. 573 Þise þre wyndes beþ est wyndes.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 118/1 Þe Estewynde, eurus.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xi. iii. sig. &vi^v/1 The Este wynde y^t hight Subsolanus.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvii. 10 Withered..as soone as y^e east wynde bloweth.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlvii. 633 The East wind..burneth them like the reaking of flames of fire.

1600 R. Cawdrey Treasurie Similies 750 The East wind is accounted neither good for man nor beast.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. 124 This East wind with Nabathean blasts, A loofe from his owne quarter casts The clouds.

1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 4 An East-winde may spoil a nest of yong birds.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 262 It was to no more purpose to talk to them, than to an East-wind.

1782 J. Armstrong Lett. from Minorca i. 5 The Minorquins call the East-Wind Levante, and the West Ponente.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 75 The east wind in Palestine..is parching, scorching, destructive to vegetation, oppressive to man.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 53 [A nature] so steeped..in sunshine that the east winds (physical or intellectual) of Boston..assailed it in vain.

1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. iii. ii. 283 The nip of the east wind was not yet out of the air.

1935 Times 30 Sept. 10/3 The Irish peasant speaks of the east wind as the ‘red wind’ owing to its harsh and drying up effect on his crops.

1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 24 He became aware of the stout-laden east wind of hostility that blew round him.

1997 Independent 2 July 12/7 The east wind did it again, unsentimental in its designs.

2. Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who throws the highest score at the outset of a game and draws the first four tiles, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage.

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1922 R. E. Lindsell Ma-cheuk 25 In the East round, South has originally one East wind.

1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games vi. 156 The first round is East Wind's, and continues until each player in turn has been East.

1989 A. Tan Joy Luck Club 34 Auntie Ying throws the dice and I'm told that Auntie Lin has become the East wind.

2001 N. McKeithan Let's play Mah Jong! 56 The players..toss the dice to determine who will be East Wind.

Derivatives

ˌeast-ˈwinded adj. now rare characterized by the blowing of the east wind.

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1838 Lady's Bk. July 34/1 Broadway may not rival it,—Washington street cannot vie with it: that is crowded, noisy, unsocial;—this, too gaudy, cold, east-winded.

1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington ii. 9 One bitter east-winded morning, with the white blast blowing dry and fierce from the land.

1935 H. S. Canby in Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 20 Apr. 632/1 Whether in high-skied New York or east-winded Boston.

1969 A. Barton Penny World 154 I was glad when we were done and emerged from the last alley onto an east-winded water-front.

ˌeast-ˈwindy adj. characterized by the blowing of the east wind; also figurative.

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1837 Spirit of Times 29 July 185 A raw, east-windy day in February.

1924 Sewanee Rev. 32 292 The humor is east-windy, the purpose too evident and too much stressed.

1947 Observer 21 Sept. 4/4 (heading) East-windy weather.

2003 P. H. Scott Scotl. Resurgent i. 11 Edinburgh avoids extremes. Those who are not used to it may be put off by the apparent reserve of its society—‘East windy, west endy’, as they say.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	east wind
释义	east windn. Brit. /ˈiːs(t) ˈwɪnd/, U.S. /ˈis(t) ˈwɪnd/ Forms: see east adv., adj., and n.¹ and wind n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., wind n.¹ Etymology: < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east adj. (see discussion at east adv., adj., and n.¹) + wind n.¹ Compare Middle Low German ōstwint , ōstewint . Compare easten-wind n. at easten adv. 1.In sense 2 after Chinese dōngfēng < dōng east + fēng wind (see feng shui n.). In Chinese, the compass points are traditionally enumerated starting with the east, hence the east wind's lead position in the game. 1. A wind blowing from the east. Also figurative.The east wind is proverbially bleak, unpleasant, and injurious to health; Biblical contexts frequently refer to the scorching and destructive east wind of Palestine. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > east east windOE eurus1398 east1744 easterly1837 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iv. i. 200 [Quattuor principales uenti, quorum hec sunt nomina:] subsolanus, zephirus, septentrio : east wind west norð. lOE Names of Winds (Tiber. C.i) in Anglia (1889) 11 104 Estwind, Subsolanus. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 18* Vent de biz et vent solerne, Northwynde Estwynde. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. iii. 573 Þise þre wyndes beþ est wyndes. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 118/1 Þe Estewynde, eurus. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xi. iii. sig. &vi^v/1 The Este wynde y^t hight Subsolanus. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvii. 10 Withered..as soone as y^e east wynde bloweth. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlvii. 633 The East wind..burneth them like the reaking of flames of fire. 1600 R. Cawdrey Treasurie Similies 750 The East wind is accounted neither good for man nor beast. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. 124 This East wind with Nabathean blasts, A loofe from his owne quarter casts The clouds. 1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 4 An East-winde may spoil a nest of yong birds. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 262 It was to no more purpose to talk to them, than to an East-wind. 1782 J. Armstrong Lett. from Minorca i. 5 The Minorquins call the East-Wind Levante, and the West Ponente. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 75 The east wind in Palestine..is parching, scorching, destructive to vegetation, oppressive to man. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 53 [A nature] so steeped..in sunshine that the east winds (physical or intellectual) of Boston..assailed it in vain. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. iii. ii. 283 The nip of the east wind was not yet out of the air. 1935 Times 30 Sept. 10/3 The Irish peasant speaks of the east wind as the ‘red wind’ owing to its harsh and drying up effect on his crops. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 24 He became aware of the stout-laden east wind of hostility that blew round him. 1997 Independent 2 July 12/7 The east wind did it again, unsentimental in its designs. 2. Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who throws the highest score at the outset of a game and draws the first four tiles, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage. ΚΠ 1922 R. E. Lindsell Ma-cheuk 25 In the East round, South has originally one East wind. 1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games vi. 156 The first round is East Wind's, and continues until each player in turn has been East. 1989 A. Tan Joy Luck Club 34 Auntie Ying throws the dice and I'm told that Auntie Lin has become the East wind. 2001 N. McKeithan Let's play Mah Jong! 56 The players..toss the dice to determine who will be East Wind. Derivatives ˌeast-ˈwinded adj. now rare characterized by the blowing of the east wind. ΚΠ 1838 Lady's Bk. July 34/1 Broadway may not rival it,—Washington street cannot vie with it: that is crowded, noisy, unsocial;—this, too gaudy, cold, east-winded. 1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington ii. 9 One bitter east-winded morning, with the white blast blowing dry and fierce from the land. 1935 H. S. Canby in Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 20 Apr. 632/1 Whether in high-skied New York or east-winded Boston. 1969 A. Barton Penny World 154 I was glad when we were done and emerged from the last alley onto an east-winded water-front. ˌeast-ˈwindy adj. characterized by the blowing of the east wind; also figurative. ΚΠ 1837 Spirit of Times 29 July 185 A raw, east-windy day in February. 1924 Sewanee Rev. 32 292 The humor is east-windy, the purpose too evident and too much stressed. 1947 Observer 21 Sept. 4/4 (heading) East-windy weather. 2003 P. H. Scott Scotl. Resurgent i. 11 Edinburgh avoids extremes. Those who are not used to it may be put off by the apparent reserve of its society—‘East windy, west endy’, as they say. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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