| 单词 | to turn wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn (the) wind e.g. to gain, get, or take the wind of, to get to windward of (another ship) so as to intercept the wind, to get the weather gage of: so to give, have the wind of. to go on a wind: to avail oneself of it for sailing. to keep one's (the, a good) wind, to keep close to the wind without falling away to leeward. to take the wind out of the sails of (fig.), to deprive of one's means of progress, put a check upon the action of, put at a disadvantage. to turn (the) wind, to turn so as to get on the other side of the wind. (For other phrases, as to haul one's wind, to hold a good wind, etc.: see the verbs.)extracted from windn.1< as lemmas |
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