单词 | windup |
释义 | windup (once / 41618 pages) 1n 2adj WORD FAMILY windup: windups USAGE EXAMPLESThe accretion of detail is a windup for a piercing moral observation. The New Yorker(Dec 14, 2016) Which, granted, sounds like the windup to any of the last few games. Time(Nov 28, 2016) Motal was inarguably a place to escape, with no running water or electricity and only one windup phonograph. New York Times(Oct 19, 2016) 1 n a concluding action 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper closing, completion, culmination, mop up consummation the act of bringing to completion or fruition consummationthe completion of marriage by sexual intercourse finish, finishingthe act of finishing finalisation, finalizationthe act of finalizing follow-throughcarrying some project or intention to full completion follow-throughthe act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion graduationthe successful completion of a program of study fruition, realisation, realizationsomething that is made real or concrete fulfillment, fulfilmentthe act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) close, closing curtain, finale, finisthe concluding part of any performance conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something adj operated by a mechanism windup toys Syn mechanical using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices |
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