| 单词 | wind-down |
| 释义 | wind-down[ wahynd-doun ] / ˈwaɪndˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wind-down ON THESAURUS.COM nounan act or instance of winding down, as in intensity: a gradual wind-down in hostilities. Origin of wind-downFirst recorded in 1965–70; noun use of the verb phrase wind down Words nearby wind-downwind-chill factor, wind chill index, wind chimes, wind colic, wind cone, wind-down, winded, winder, Windermere, wind erosion, windfall Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for wind-downwind down / (waɪnd) / verb (adverb)(tr) to lower or move down by cranking (intr) (of a clock spring) to become slack (intr) to diminish gradually in force or power; relax Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wind-downwind down Diminish gradually, draw to a close, as in By midnight the party had wound down. [Mid-1900s] Also see wind up. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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