单词 | weathervane |
释义 | weathervane (once / 101020 pages) n WORD FAMILY weathervane: weathervanes USAGE EXAMPLESThey are, she says, more like weathervanes than guides on averting disaster. The Guardian(Oct 15, 2016) The trainwreck is a weathervane and moral compass, a public spectacle and sexist scarecrow, that instructs women on how to behave properly. Salon(Sep 24, 2016) The Republican National Committee has also called him “Weathervane Kaine,” charging him with flip-flopping. Seattle Times(Sep 13, 2016) n mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind Syn|Hypo|Hyper vane, weather vane, 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 |
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