单词 | wing |
释义 | wing (once / 79 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n WORD FAMILY wing: fore-wing, forewing, underwing, winged, winger, winging, wingless, winglike, wings+/forewing: forewings/underwing: underwings/winger: wingers/wings: wingses USAGE EXAMPLESCustoms line at Atlanta airport snaking around multiple wings of building. Time(Jan 03, 2017) Quinton Adlesh buried a 3 from the wing to put Columbia up by 20 points with 11:16 left and the Lions never looked back. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In early November, nearly 20 protesters who sat, chanted, sang and refused orders to leave were arrested in the building’s judicial wing. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) Hypo|Hyper ala a wing of an insect fore wing, fore-wing, forewingeither of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings balancer, halter, haltereeither of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight pennon, pinionwing of a bird elytron, wing caseeither of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings organ a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function 2n the wing of a fowl he preferred the drumsticks to the wings Hypo|Hyper turkey wing the wing of a turkey chicken wingthe wing of a chicken helping, portion, serving an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal 3n one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane Hyper aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight 4v travel through the air; be airborne 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper fly fly travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft buzz fly low rackfly in high wind flightfly in a flock fly oncontinue flying soarfly upwards or high in the sky hoverhang in the air; fly or be suspended above poisebe motionless, in suspension go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 1n an addition that extends a main building Syn|Hypo|Hyper annex, annexe, extension ell an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building add-on, addition, improver a component that is added to something to improve it 2n a stage area out of sight of the audience 3Syn|Hyper backstage, offstage stage a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience 1n a unit of military aircraft Hyper air unit a military unit that is part of the airforce 2n (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft Hyper place, position the particular portion of space occupied by something 3n the side of military or naval formation 4Syn|Hyper flank formation an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit n a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function 5they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party Hyper social group people sharing some social relation n a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side 6Hyper hockey player, ice-hockey player an athlete who plays hockey n a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud Syn|Hypo|Hyper fender mudguard, splash guard, splash-guard a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement |
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