| 单词 | wind down |
| 释义 | 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 See full dictionary entry for wind 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] |
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