| 单词 | wind |
| 释义 | 1. air2. turning or wrapping wind (wɪnd ) air Word forms: winds , winding , winded 1. variable noun A1 A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface. There was a strong wind blowing. Then the wind dropped and the surface of the sea was still. The leaves rustled in the wind. During the night a gust of wind had blown the pot over. Synonyms: air, blast, breath, hurricane 2. countable noun Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind. The winds of change are blowing across the country. [+ of] The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession. 3. verb If you are winded by something such as a blow, the air is suddenly knocked out of your lungs so that you have difficulty breathing for a short time. He was winded and shaken. [be VERB-ed] The cow stamped on his side, winding him. [VERB noun] 4. uncountable noun Wind is the air that you sometimes swallow with food or drink, or gas that is produced in your intestines, which causes an uncomfortable feeling. 5. verb If you wind a baby, you hit its back gently in order to help it to release air from its stomach. [British, informal] If he cries when you put him down after a feed, try winding him. [VERB noun] 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The wind section of an orchestra or band is the group of people who produce musical sounds by blowing into their instruments. 7. to break wind phrase If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus. 8. to get wind of sth phrase If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it. [informal] I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage. 9. in the wind phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If something is in the wind, it is likely to happen. By the mid-1980s, change was in the wind again. Synonyms: imminent, coming, near, approaching 10. to put the wind up sb phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun] If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you. [British, informal] 'I heard you had some funny phone calls.'—'Yeah, that's why yours rather put the wind up me.' 11. to sail close to the wind phrase If you sail close to the wind, you take a risk by doing or saying something that may get you into trouble. Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution. 12. to take the wind out of someone's sails phrase [VERB inflects] If something takes the wind out of your sails, it suddenly makes you much less confident in what you are doing or saying. 13. which way/how the wind is blowing phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE after verb] If you realize or find out which way the wind is blowing or how the wind is blowing, you realize or find out what is likely to happen, for example whether something is likely to succeed. He didn't like to make pronouncements before he was sure which way the wind was blowing. 14. to throw caution to the wind phrase If you throw caution to the wind, you behave in a way that is not considered sensible or careful. I threw caution to the wind and rode as fast as I could. wind (waɪnd ) turning or wrapping Word forms: winds , winding , wound 1. verb B2 If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it. The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside. [VERB preposition/adverb] The road winds uphill. [VERB preposition/adverb] The procession wound its way downhill. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] ...a narrow winding road. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: meander, turn, bend, twist 2. verb B2 When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 3. verb When you wind a mechanical device, for example a watch or a clock, you turn a knob, key, or handle on it several times in order to make it operate. I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time. [VERB noun] Wind up means the same as wind2. I wound up the watch and listened to it tick. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Frances took the tiny music box from her trunk and wound it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 4. verb To wind a tape or film back or forward means to make it move towards its starting or ending position. Now wind the film forward to what will happen if the next government doesn't solve the problem. [VERB noun adverb] Phrasal verbs: wind down 1. phrasal verb When you wind down something such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you wind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense. [informal] I regularly have a drink to wind down. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If someone winds down a business or activity, or if it winds down, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation. [VERB PARTICLE noun] In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down. [VERB PARTICLE] wind up 1. phrasal verb When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it. The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Winding up the debate, she said: 'It would immediately put up interest rates.' [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. [business] There was no alternative but to wind up the business. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be. He could wind up in gaol. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff. [VERB PARTICLE verb-ing] Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy. [V P adj/n] 4. phrasal verb When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle. He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them. [British, informal] This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 6. phrasal verb If you wind someone up, you say untrue things in order to trick them. [British, informal] You're joking. Come on, you're winding me up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 7. See also wind2 [sense 3], wind-up, wound up Quotations: It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good Idioms: throw caution to the wind or throw caution to the winds to do something without worrying about the risks and danger involved This was no time to think, he decided. He threw caution to the winds and rang the bell of the ground-floor flat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers straws in the wind [British, journalism] signs of the way in which a situation may develop There is new evidence that the economy is starting to climb out of recession. The latest straws in the wind are improved retail sales and an increase in property sales. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers blow in the wind to be thought about and discussed, but not decided upon or resolved The agreement blowing in the wind at Montreal signalled a change in business conditions, and du Pont decided to jump in. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get wind of something to get to know about a plan or information, often when other people did not want you to I want nothing said about this until I give the word. I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the wind likely to happen Change is in the wind and this England team will alter as the year unfolds. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers it's an ill wind or it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good said to point out that unpleasant events and difficult situations often have unexpected good effects It's an ill wind, of course, and what is bad for the oil companies is good for the consumer and inflation. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers like the wind very quickly Out on the water, the boat goes like the wind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers put the wind up someone [mainly British] to make someone scared or worried The front door was jammed and they couldn't open it. The delay put the wind up me because, by then, I knew something was very wrong. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sail close to the wind [mainly British] to take a risk by doing or saying something which may get you into trouble Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a second wind the strength or motivation to go on and succeed in what you are doing when you are tired or unsuccessful It was great tennis and it was fun. I got a second wind midway through the fourth set. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers see which way the wind is blowing or see how the wind is blowing to understand or realize how a situation is developing and use this in deciding what to do He wasn't one to make pronouncements before he had seen which way the wind was blowing. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spit in the wind to waste your time by trying to do something which has little or no chance of success But the idea that you can talk about a single currency today is to spit in the wind of economic reality. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take the wind out of someone's sail [US] or take the wind out of someone's sails to make someone feel much less confident in what they are doing or saying We hit a bad patch after losing in the semi-final. The effort and disappointment took the wind out of our sails for a while. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers twisting in the wind or swinging in the wind left in a very difficult and weak position, often by people who hope to gain advantage from this for themselves The Prime Minister left the minister swinging in the wind, neither giving him his support, nor being prepared to end the agony by sacking him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers whistle in the wind to say something empty or pointless. Prior to going out, he had confided to some Spanish journalists that he was going to win the tournament, but that turned out to be whistling in the wind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: winter wind Central heating dries out your complexion, leading to cracks and wrinkles, while the chill winter wind can chap hands, lips and cheeks. The Sun They are frequently used to make hedges, either low decorative ones, or tall ones that form a shield against the winter wind. Times, Sunday Times Investing in a cheap draught excluder blocks out the winter wind. The Sun They took their lunches with them and spent the entire day in the air with the winter wind continually blowing up the canyon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Make sure to secure plants well to stop them blowing away in the winter winds. Times, Sunday Times Like many of the houses on the moor, it's stockily built to withstand the wind and rain. Times, Sunday Times It can also withstand wind speeds of more than 110mph. Times, Sunday Times The design was intended to withstand wind and weather and be easy to maintain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its parabolic arch and splayed legs are designed to withstand wind speeds up to 120 mph. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The labyrinth design also allows lip-ribbon microphones to withstand wind speeds of up to 20 mph without affecting speech. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 风, 绕, 蜿蜒, 盘绕 Japanese: 風, 巻く, 曲がる, ･･･を巻く |
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