| 单词 | vane |
| 释义 | vane (once / 1013 pages) n Vane is usually short for “weathervane.” If the vane on top of the building is spinning, it must be windy outside. In addition to being a device that shows you the direction of the wind, a vane can help direct flying things through the wind, as bird lovers and archers, among others, know. Be careful not to mistake vane for its homonyms, vein and vain. If you're so vain that you'll slash at your veins if the wind messes up your hair, check the vane before going out. Or just wear a hat. WORD FAMILYvane: vanes USAGE EXAMPLES"Whether deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is delayed is a political weather vane," one source said. Reuters(Nov 17, 2016) One thing that was replicated is the cupola’s weather vane. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) In the shadow of its idle, rust-colored vanes, three little boys are squatting, playing with mud. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1n the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft Syn|Hyper web blade a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) 2n mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind Syn|Hypo|Hyper weather vane, weathervane, wind vane weathercock weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster wind teeweather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles 3n flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water Syn|Hypo|Hyper blade fan blade blade of a rotating fan impellerthe blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine) paddlea blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel rudder bladethe vertical blade on a rudder rotating mechanism a mechanism that rotates 4n a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it Hyper fin a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish |
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