单词 | interwind |
释义 | interwindv. a. transitive. To wind (things) into or through each other; to wind together; to wind (one thing) through the windings of another; to intertwine, intertwist. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil or twist together entertain1481 wreathe1553 wringle1572 weave1578 entwine1616 intertwine1641 encurl1647 betwine1661 intervolve1667 twine1679 interwind1693 implicate1826 interwreathe1866 thong1888 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 895 Narrowing it by Piles drove down and inter-wound with Branches of Trees. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary i. xvii Her speaking is so interwound Of the dim and the sweet. 1897 Christian Herald (N.Y.) 4 Aug. 592/1 A great many of these threads are interwound. b. intransitive (for reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (intransitive)] > coil or twist together wreathe1631 entwine1665 intertwine1782 interwind1876 intervolve1886 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. x. 178 Circumstances will often interwind with the moods of simply irritated men. 1879 E. S. Phelps Sealed Orders 94 Uncounted sails which..pass and repass, wind and interwind. Derivatives interˈwinding adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > coiling or twisting together entwining1737 interwinding1827 intertwining1842 convolving1862 intervolving1895 1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island v. 28 Small isles, By interwinding channels linked yet sundered. interˈwound adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > coiling or twisting together > coiled or twisted together intricate1579 plait1583 interwreatheda1658 intervolved1667 intertwineda1680 convolved1713 braided1747 wreath-likea1770 woven1816 swirly1825 interwound1877 entrailing1885 1877 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Philos. Relig. & Hist. 263 Interwound branches do not make two trunks one tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1693 |
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