| 单词 | wind-stream |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-stream wind-stream n. an air-stream, esp. the disturbed air in the wake of an aircraft. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > a movement of air > a current of air > rush of air caused by moving body > behind moving body wake1851 wash1910 slipstream1913 wind-stream1929 1929 Oxf. Poetry 1 Let's pick the petals of all joy apart, And launch them uncontrolled on the wind-stream. 1934 Discovery June 155/1 The wind-stream is so powerful that a man could not possibly stand against it. 1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds v. 127 The oceanic travellers..spend their time making ground by..excursions (by gravitational falls) into the sheltered trough between the crests of the waves, out of the main wind-stream. 1976 A. White Long Silence vii. 59 You don't go out at right angles to the plane or the windstream can spin you. < as lemmas |
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