英语词汇“wind-up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wind-up¹ nounwind-up² adjective

wind-upwind-up1 British English, wind‧up American English /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ noun

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Berg tapped into the unpalatable side of public opinion, becoming addicted to verbal wind-ups and hostility with fatal results.
It should have been there by now and its non-appearance is a real wind-up.
It was a hell of an elaborate plan just for a wind-up.
It wasn't that I minded Fenella and I could have had fun doing a wind-up on her parents.
Perhaps it was a wind-up, he thought.
What if all this was merely a wind-up?

1[countable] British English informal something that you say or do in order to make someone angry or worried, as a joke2[singular] a series of actions that are intended to complete a process, meeting etc:

The president made a statement at the windup of the summit in Helsinki.

wind-up¹ nounwind-up² adjective

wind-upwind-up2 /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ adjective [only before noun]

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Directly in front of him were two wind-up monkeys, one with a tambourine and the other with a drum.
Estimates show that by the wind-up stage, the corporation would be left with just over 1,900 houses.
I hang up, feeling like a wind-up toy.
If he were a wind-up toy, he would run in an engaging curve backward.
Not even for a wind-up gramophone.
She was a wind-up putting-away doll, clicking through its programmed movements.
Somebody was playing with the clocks, and not only with the electric clocks, but the wind-up kind, too.
The wind-up speech for the Government was made by John Nott.

relating to a machine or toy that you turn part of several times, in order to make it move or start working:

a wind-up gramophone

单词	wind-up
释义	wind-up¹ nounwind-up² adjective wind-upwind-up1 British English, wind‧up American English /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Berg tapped into the unpalatable side of public opinion, becoming addicted to verbal wind-ups and hostility with fatal results. It should have been there by now and its non-appearance is a real wind-up. It was a hell of an elaborate plan just for a wind-up. It wasn't that I minded Fenella and I could have had fun doing a wind-up on her parents. Perhaps it was a wind-up, he thought. What if all this was merely a wind-up? 1[countable] British English informal something that you say or do in order to make someone angry or worried, as a joke2[singular] a series of actions that are intended to complete a process, meeting etc: The president made a statement at the windup of the summit in Helsinki. wind-up¹ nounwind-up² adjective wind-upwind-up2 /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Directly in front of him were two wind-up monkeys, one with a tambourine and the other with a drum. Estimates show that by the wind-up stage, the corporation would be left with just over 1,900 houses. I hang up, feeling like a wind-up toy. If he were a wind-up toy, he would run in an engaging curve backward. Not even for a wind-up gramophone. She was a wind-up putting-away doll, clicking through its programmed movements. Somebody was playing with the clocks, and not only with the electric clocks, but the wind-up kind, too. The wind-up speech for the Government was made by John Nott. relating to a machine or toy that you turn part of several times, in order to make it move or start working: a wind-up gramophone
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