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单词 wind up
释义 wind up
verb
Etymology: wind (IV) + up
transitive verb
1. archaic : to bring together (as a speech) in a final summarizing statement : sum up
2. : to bring to a conclusion : end
 < wound up their 27th annual convention here with high praise for the … hospitality and cooperation — Benjamin Welles >
 < a final chapter for the woman golfer winds up an unusually helpful manual — Times Literary Supplement >
3.
 a. : to put in order for the purpose of bringing to an end
  < the companies are winding up their business affairs by retiring their capital stock and paying dividends — Monsanto Magazine >
  < top strategists wished they could wind up this session of Congress — Newsweek >
 b. : to put in order for the purpose of disposal and transferring title : settle
  < an estate is to be wound upFarmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to come to a conclusion : end
  < wound up with a glorification of the resistance movement — A.H.Vandenberg †1951 >
 b. : to arrive in a place, situation, or condition at the end or as a result (as of a course of action) : end up
  < almost all check crooks wind up in jail — Joseph Nolan >
  < though they started as simple farmers they wound up as millionaires — W.P.Webb >
2.
 a. : to give a preliminary swing to the arm (as before pitching a baseball)
 b. : to make preparations : work up preliminary momentum : get ready
  < disc jockey … winding up for an affirmation about snow tires — C.W.Morton >
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