| 单词 | wind-vane |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-vane wind-vane n. (a) the sail of a windmill (= vane n. 3a); (b) a weathercock (= vane n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail sailc1440 wing1484 ventaila1529 vane1581 sweep1702 arm1724 windsail1725 wind-vane1725 swift1763 wan1767 flyer1790 van1837 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-vane or weather-cock cock?a1300 weathercocka1300 fanec1386 vane1425 fan?a1500 thane1570 weather-flag1611 eagle-cock1694 girella1720 weathervane1721 dogvane1769 weather-fane1773 girouette1822 wind-vane1858 pendant1860 wind-cock1920 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Wind-mil That it may, swivel-like, turn any way, as you turn your wind Vanes. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xx. 228 The imbecile Arran could play no part but that of the wind-vane marking the changes in the air-currents. < as lemmas |
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