| 单词 | wind-machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-machine wind-machine n. a machine driven by the wind, or one for producing a ‘wind’ or blast of air; (a) spec. one that blows out relatively warm air for protecting crops against frost (see quot. 19762); (b) in theatrical and other productions, a machine for simulating the sound or other effects of wind; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines driven by specific energy source > [noun] > by wind wind-instrument1601 wind-engine1669 wind-machine1746 wind-motor1881 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > others red fire1680 lightning box1825 blue fire1826 rain box1867 crash1891 wind-machine1906 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > other agricultural implements visgy1777 tomahawk1793 potato-scoop1810 rice stick1832 seed feeder1851 poniard1874 aphicide1883 thinner1943 mist blower1946 dung fork1951 wind-machine1976 1746 Specif. & Surrender Roll (P.R.O.: C 73/4) m. 41 A Self-regulating Wind Machine. 1799 Hull Advertiser 7 Sept. 4/2 These wind machines..species of gigantic bellows. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 341 The annual expence of repairs..will not much exceed that of a wind machine. 1906 R. A. Streatfeild Mod. Music & Musicians xix. 338 The fantastic pieces of musical extravagance that are a special feature of ‘Don Quixote’, such as the wind machine and the bleating sheep, are thoroughly in keeping with..Strauss's real methods. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xvi. 282 So many people, like your famous wind-machine, have only got minds tacked on to their physical corpses. 1928 A. Rose Stage Effects 9 Fig. 4 shows a wind machine, as used in many theatres. It is built up in the form of a paddle-wheel. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio x. 181 A wind machine consists of a weighted piece of heavy canvas hung over a rotating, slatted drum... A wind machine produces just one sound: wind. And the same goes for thunder sheets. 1976 Gramophone Apr. 1611/2 Calling as it does for no fewer than twenty horns.., quadruple woodwind, six trumpets and trombones.., not to mention the windmachine, thunder~machine and numerous other percussion instruments, it is impractical to mount nowadays. 1976 Upper Valley Progress (Mission, Texas) 6 Oct. 10/1 (advt.) With thermal inversion, created by our Tropic Breeze wind machine, crop level temperatures are raised as much as 10 degrees. < as lemmas |
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