单词 | unwind |
释义 | un·wind transitive verb 1. a. < unwind a bedroll > < unwound her arms from his neck > < unwind thread from a spool > b. < unwind a bandaged arm > < unwound himself from his machine only to fall … into an exhausted sleep — W.B.Ready > < an awful lot of red tape to unwind — S.E.White > c. < try to let yourself go … unwind yourself — Claud Cockburn > 2. archaic < unwinding the labyrinth and bringing the hero … to a state of rest — Laurence Sterne > intransitive verb 1. a. < the dance record went on and on … as the machine unwound — Millen Brand > < the narrative unwinds slowly > < a vague, unraveling, final tune like a long unwinding silk cocoon — Vachel Lindsay > b. < wanted to be ready to unwind with the race of his life — Time > 2. < this ability to block official worries out of his range of thought … enables him to unwind — Russell Baker > |
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