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单词 wind
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windnoun

uk/wɪnd/us/wɪnd/

wind noun (CURRENT OF AIR)

A1 [ C or U ] a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt:

There isn't enough wind to fly a kite.
The forecast warned of winds of up to 60 miles an hour today.
There was a light wind blowing.
Strong/High winds made the crossing very choppy.
The sails flapped in the wind.
literary There wasn't a breath of (= even a slight amount of) wind.
A gust of wind suddenly caught her skirt.
The wind is beginning to pick up (= get stronger).
She ran like the wind (= very fast) to catch up.

More examples

  • The last part of the course was hard because I was running against the wind.
  • The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area.
  • A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
  • Hurricane force winds are expected tonight.
  • The town is kept cool by the prevailing westerly winds.

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Wind & winds

  • airstream
  • anemometer
  • blast
  • breeze
  • choppy
  • drafty
  • dust devil
  • El Niño
  • eolian
  • hurricane
  • jet stream
  • prevailing
  • sigh
  • southeasterly
  • southerly
  • the Beaufort scale
  • tornado
  • westerly
  • wind gauge
  • windsock

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wind noun (BREATH)

[ U ] mainly UK breath or the ability to breathe:

The blow to my stomach knocked the wind out of me.

[ U ] UK informal disapproving words that do not mean anything and false statements:

I rarely bother to listen to politicians' speeches - it's all just wind.

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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing

  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic
  • asphyxia
  • breathable
  • breathe
  • breathing
  • breathless
  • gasp
  • heave
  • huff
  • intake
  • respiration
  • respiratory
  • sigh
  • sleep apnoea
  • strangle
  • strangulate
  • suffocate
  • suffocating
  • winded

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wind noun (BOWELS)

[ U ] UK US gas gas in the bowels or in a baby's stomach, especially when this makes you feel uncomfortable or makes noises:

I like garlic but it gives me terrible wind.

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Digestive disorders

  • achalasia
  • acid reflux
  • amebic dysentery
  • amoebic dysentery
  • bellyache
  • bilious
  • bloat
  • bowel incontinence
  • cholera
  • colic
  • dyspeptic
  • gastritis
  • ileitis
  • incontinence
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • merycism
  • mesenteric ischaemia
  • mesenteric panniculitis
  • occlusion
  • upset

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the wind section

US also the winds the group of woodwind instruments (= ones played by blowing into a hole near one end)and their players in an orchestra

Idiom(s)

get wind of sth
have the wind at your back
in the wind
put/get the wind up sb
take the wind out of sb's sails

windverb [ T ]

uk/wɪnd/us/wɪnd/winded

wind verb [ T ] (BREATH)

to make it difficult or temporarily impossible for someone to breathe, usually by hitting them in the stomach

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Hitting and beating

  • a bunch of fives idiom
  • a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
  • at-risk
  • bang up sb/sth
  • bashing
  • bunch
  • conk
  • deck
  • hell
  • kick
  • knock
  • knock sb's block off idiom
  • lay
  • lay sb out
  • licking
  • mess sb up
  • pound
  • pummel
  • swing
  • thump

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wind verb [ T ] (BOWELS)

UK US burp to rub or very gently hit a baby on the back to allow air to come up from the stomach

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Noises made by the body

  • belch
  • blow
  • break
  • break wind idiom
  • burp
  • clear
  • cough
  • fart
  • footfall
  • footstep
  • grumble
  • hiccup
  • sneeze
  • snore
  • snort
  • wheeze
  • yawn

windverb

uk/waɪnd/us/waɪnd/wound, wound

wind verb (TURN)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to turn or cause something to turn:

She wound the handle but nothing happened.
Once she was in the car, she wound the window down/up (= caused it to open/close by turning a handle).
That noise you can hear is the tape winding back.
See also
rewind

[ T ] also wind up If you wind (up) a clock or watch, you cause it to work by turning a key, handle, or other device.

B2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] If a road, path, or river winds, it follows a route that turns repeatedly in different directions:

The river winds through the valley.

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Bending, twisting and curving

  • bent
  • bowed
  • buckle
  • contort
  • convoluted
  • crook
  • flexure
  • fluted
  • intertwine
  • interweave
  • matted
  • meander
  • meandering
  • sinuous
  • twiddly
  • twine
  • twisted
  • twisty
  • warp
  • wring

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Watches & clocks

wind verb (WRAP AROUND)

B2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] to wrap something around an object several times or twist it repeatedly around itself:

She wound a scarf around her neck.
He wound the string into a ball.
He wound a small bandage round her finger.

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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing

  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • beset
  • border
  • box sb/sth in
  • dunk
  • fence sth in
  • fence sth off
  • flooding
  • gather
  • gift-wrap
  • gift-wrapped
  • steep
  • surround
  • swallow
  • wall sth off
  • wound 1
  • wrap
  • wrap (sb) up
  • wrap sth around sb/sth

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Bending, twisting and curving
winding
adjective uk/ˈwaɪn.dɪŋ/us/ˈwaɪn.dɪŋ/

B2 A winding path, road, river, etc. repeatedly turns in different directions:

There's a very long, winding path leading up to the house.

Phrasal verb(s)

wind (sth) down
wind down
wind sth up
wind up
wind (sth) up
wind sb up
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