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单词 wind
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wind1

/wɪnd /
noun
1The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction: the wind howled about the building an easterly wind [mass noun]: gusts of wind...
  • Strong winds blowing in the direction of the arrow keep air confined in the vortex.
  • Strong winds blow a sandstorm through the camp when suddenly the sound of large artillery rounds is heard about 300 meters away.
  • It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island.

Synonyms

breeze;
air current, current of air;
gale, hurricane;
draught
informal blow
literary zephyr
1.1Used with reference to an impending situation: he had seen which way the wind was blowing...
  • There's trouble in the wind.
  • The vibes coming out of the company suggest that radical change is not in the wind.
  • Even media moguls like him are beginning to feel the chill wind of recession.

Synonyms

on the way, coming, about to happen, in the offing, in the air, close at hand, on the horizon, approaching, imminent, impending, looming, brewing, afoot;
likely, probable
informal on the cards
1.2The rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.It lands so quietly, you can only hear the rush of the wind in the top of the trees.
1.3A scent carried by the wind, indicating the presence or proximity of an animal or person.
2 [mass noun] Breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, etc., or the power of breathing without difficulty in such situations: he waited while Jez got his wind back she hit the floor with a thud that knocked the wind out of her...
  • Jackson repeated the chorus twice more before they all put down their instruments and left me with my wind knocked out.
  • The wind was knocked out of her for the second time in five minutes.
  • The wind was knocked out of her, and she lay gasping for breath.

Synonyms

breath
informal puff
3 [mass noun] British Air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion.The fruit, its oils and the kernel were traditionally used to treat severe acid stomach, excess wind, fatigue after menstruation and the common cold....
  • People with a predominance of phlegm are generally healthy, whereas those with predominance of bile or wind are always of indifferent health.
  • These foods encourage the production of wind, and may aggravate colic.

Synonyms

flatulence, flatus, gas
technical borborygmus
3.1Empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric.So, in other words, another international confluence of hot wind and gassy rhetoric thus comes to pass....
  • It was, of course, all empty wind and unfounded wailing, but it still had an impact.
  • She is just full of wind and hot air.

Synonyms

nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, blather, blether
informal hogwash, baloney, tripe, drivel, bilge, bosh, bull, bunk, rot, hot air, eyewash, piffle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, malarkey, twaddle, guff
boastful talk, bombast, bluster, fanfaronade
British informal codswallop, cobblers, stuff and nonsense, tosh, taradiddle, cock, cack
Scottish & Northern English informal havers
Irish informal codology
North American informal garbage, flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa
informal, dated bunkum, tommyrot
literary rodomontade, braggadocio
vulgar slang shit, crap, bullshit, bollocks, balls
Australian/New Zealand vulgar slang bulldust
4 (also winds) [treated as singular or plural] Wind instruments, or specifically woodwind instruments, forming a band or a section of an orchestra: these passages are most suitable for wind alone [as modifier]: wind players...
  • A platform is rigged toward the back of the stage rising over the winds and brass sections for the vocalists.
  • However, despite a balance that favors the orchestral winds, the sound is not bad at all.
  • A jug band is essentially a string band with a wind section - harmonica, kazoos, and the jug, of course.

Synonyms

wind instruments.
verb [with object]
1Cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach: the fall nearly winded him...
  • She dodged his extremely slow blows and sank her fist into his stomach, winding him.
  • And then Sean punched him in the stomach, winding him completely.
  • Chris quickly kicked me hard in the stomach, winding me badly.

Synonyms

out of breath, breathless, gasping for breath, panting, puffing, huffing and puffing, puffing and blowing
informal puffed out, out of puff
2British Make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back: Paddy’s wife handed him their six-month-old daughter to be winded...
  • Wendy had to show her how to feed, wind and bath the baby and left him alone with her only if she went shopping.
3Detect the presence of (a person or animal) by scent: the birds could not have seen us or winded us
4wʌɪnd (past and past participle winded or wound /waʊnd/) literary Sound (a bugle or call) by blowing: but scarce again his horn he wound

Phrases

before the wind

get wind of

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

which way the wind is blowing

like the wind

off the wind

on a wind

put (or have) the wind up

sail close to (or near) the wind

take the wind out of someone's sails

to the wind(s) (or the four winds)

wind of change

Derivatives

windless

/ˈwɪndləs / adjective ...
  • The crew experienced all that Bass Strait could offer, from a calm windless night to a south-westerly gale, but with the team working well together, all events became just part of the sailing experience.
  • It's an album that is as beautiful, harmonious and calm as a blue sky on a windless day.
  • Wind power cannot entirely replace fossil-fueled plants because some generating capacity must be maintained on standby for windless periods.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wind and German Wind, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ventus.

  • A word from an Indo-European root that also gave us Latin ventus, the source of vent (Late Middle English) and ventilate (Late Middle English). Winnow, windwian in Old English, is to use the wind to separate grain and chaff. To get wind of something comes from the idea of hunted animal picking up the scent of a hunter. The phrase wind of change was used by Harold Macmillan, British prime minister 1957–63, during a speech he made in Cape Town in 1960: ‘The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and, whether we like it or not, this growth of [African] national consciousness is a political fact.’ See also ill. For the differently pronounced verb see wand

Rhymes

wind2

/wʌɪnd /
verb (past and past participle wound /waʊnd/)
1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Move in or take a twisting or spiral course: the path wound among olive trees...
  • They then approach along a path that winds among lush landscaping, keeping the porch's clean, strong lines always in sight.
  • The garden itself was just a path that wound among clusters of aspen trees along the flank of a grassy foothill.
  • The path was endless, constantly winding downward in a spiral.

Synonyms

twist and turn, twist, turn, bend, curve, loop, zigzag, weave, snake, meander, ramble;
swerve, veer
2 [with object and adverbial] Pass (something) round a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold: he wound a towel around his midriff...
  • A blue mohair scarf was wound tightly round her neck, almost covering her face, and she pulled it away to speak.
  • Cattle, we found, like the grass long, so that they can wind it round their tongues.
  • Mr Wells had hooked a large flatfish which he thought was a skate, but it turned out to be a stingray and it wound its tail round his arm and stuck a four-inch spike into him.

Synonyms

wrap, furl, fold;
entwine, lace, wreathe
2.1Repeatedly twist or coil (a length of something) round itself or a core: Anne wound the wool into a ball...
  • These devices are usually quite large; assembled from coils wound onto magnetic cores.
  • I even wound a 10-foot length of parachute cord around my hiking staff.
  • I also wound the two long power cables around the length of the printer cable and secured them with a fair number cable ties.

Synonyms

coil, roll, twist, twine;
reel
2.2 [no object, with adverbial] Be twisted or coiled: large vines wound round every tree...
  • Pale vines wound over what looked to be emerald-green alabaster.
  • The gradual twist of the body may be likened to certain movements in nature, such as that of a vine winding around a tree.
  • They lived in open-air houses that wound around trees.
2.3Wrap or surround (a core) with a coiled length of something: devices wound with copper wire
3 [with object] Make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork) operate by turning a key or handle: he wound up the clock every Saturday night she was winding the gramophone...
  • It turned easily, making clicking noises like an alarm clock being wound.
  • The original watchmaker himself used to wind the clock every Friday after Juma prayers at 2 p.m.
  • Still, as I wound the clock, I felt that it was more than mere decoration.
3.1Turn (a key or handle) repeatedly round and round: I wound the handle as fast as I could...
  • If you wind the key enough, he'll go.
  • You make a sandwich of the printing plate and the paper and some sort of pad on top of the paper, put it in the press and wind a handle to screw down the top plate of the press.
  • This photo shows the flip out handle, which once wound for thirty seconds, produces full room sound for thirty minutes.
4 [with object and adverbial of direction] Cause (an audio or video tape or a film) to move back or forwards to a desired point: I forgot how to wind the film on...
  • The near the end there's a sound like a tape being wound back and we get the alternate version - same aquatic feel, but light and airy as well.
  • Get another and then close the shutter, which winds on the film to the next position.
  • I may want to wind back the cassette to replay a section.
5 [with object and adverbial of direction] Hoist or draw (something) with a windlass, winch, or similar device.This is the compartment located in the fo'c's'le below and behind the anchor winch, into which the anchor chains are wound.
noun
1A twist or turn in a course.After a few minutes of puzzled winds and twists and turns and curses muttered under my breath, I come upon the bed.
2A single turn made when winding.

Phrasal verbs

wind down

wind up

wind someone up

wind something up

Origin

Old English windan 'go rapidly', 'twine', of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend.

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