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单词 windy
释义 windy
I. \ˈwindē, -di\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English windig, from wind (I) + -ig -y
1.
 a. : marked by considerable movement of air: as
  (1) : regularly blown on or through by the wind
   < a windy headland running out to the gray northern sea — Andrew Lang >
   < a tottering structure with vast windy rooms — Sally Carrighar >
  (2) : marked by strong wind
   < windy gusts of hail — Mary Austin >
   < got soaked in a windy downpour >
  (3) : marked by the presence of more wind than usual
   < a windy day >
  (4) : swayed by the wind : moving to and fro in the wind
   < the rank windy grass of this prairie — Sinclair Lewis >
 b.
  (1) : resembling or suggestive of the wind in or as if in physical quality : violent, stormy
  (2) obsolete : changeable, inconstant
 c. : producing or controlling wind
2.
 a. : flatulent 2
  < an empty windy stomach — J.M.Synge >
 b. : flatulent 3
  < windy buns — Edith C. Rivett >
3.
 a. : marked by inflated often pretentious verbosity : characterized by long-windedness and lack of substance : verbose, bombastic
  < windy after-dinner eulogies — J.D.Hart >
  < a windy politician >
 b. : lacking content or substance : empty, insubstantial, flimsy
  < this windy study promoted the increasing emptiness of philosophy — H.O.Taylor >
4.
 a. archaic : productive of pride or conceit
 b. chiefly Scotland : proud, conceited
5. : played by means of wind; especially : played on a wind instrument
 < a larghetto non troppo with responses by the oboes, clarinets, flutes, and bassoons that was a windy delight — Janet Flanner >
6. : breathy
7. chiefly Britain : frightened, fearful, nervous

- on the windy side
II. noun
(-es)
1. slang : an exaggerated story : a tall tale
2. slang : bluff, hoax
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