| 单词 | down-wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdown-wind a. In the direction in which the wind is blowing; along the course of the wind. Also down-wind (attributive), situated in this direction, ‘lee’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction to the windc1330 to (the) windwardc1550 with the wind1577 in the wind1580 to the weatherward1589 up (the) wind1611 down (the) winda1616 windward1690 weatherly1708 up-wind1838 into the wind1918 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > situated on side away from or facing wind leeward1627 windwarda1687 down (the) wind1895 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 266 I'de whistle her off, and let her downe the wind, To prey at fortune. View more context for this quotation 1618 N. Breton Court & Country A 4 For one that goes up the weather a number goe downe the winde. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 43 The Hare..will..run upon a side or down the wind. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 333 Down the wind she swims, and sails away. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 235 I have had a hundred trimmers floating down the wind. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxii The Spaniard fell off again, and went away dead down wind. 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 141 It is best to ‘give the dogs the wind’ at the beginning of the day—that is, to start down wind and gradually to work the ground in the direction from which it blows. 1895 C. J. Cornish Wild Eng. Today 184 We..found that..the birds had all run to the edge. Here we made the mistake of working the down-wind side first. < as lemmas |
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