| 单词 | wind |
| 释义 | Word Frequency wind 1(wɪnd) noun 1. a current of air, sometimes of considerable force, moving generally horizontally from areas of high pressure to areas of lowpressure See also Beaufort scale ▶ Related adjective: aeolian2. mainly poetic the direction from which a wind blows, usually a cardinal point of the compass 3. air artificially moved, as by a fan, pump, etc 4. any sweeping and destructive force 5. a trend, tendency, or force the winds of revolution 6. informal a hint; suggestion we got wind that you were coming 7. something deemed insubstantial his talk was all wind 8. breath, as used in respiration or talk you're just wasting wind 9. (often used in sports) the power to breathe normally his wind is weak See also second wind 10. music a. a wind instrument or wind instruments considered collectively b. (often plural) the musicians who play wind instruments in an orchestra c. (modifier) of, relating to, or composed of wind instruments a wind ensemble 11. an informal name for flatus 12. the air on which the scent of an animal is carried to hounds or on which the scent of a hunter is carried to the quarry 13. between wind and water 14. break wind 15. get the wind up 16. have in the wind 17. how the wind blows 18. in the teeth of the wind 19. in the wind 20. into the wind 21. off the wind 22. on the wind 23. put the wind up 24. raise the wind 25. sail close to the wind 26. take the wind out of someone's sails 27. three sheets to the wind verb (transitive) 28. to cause (someone) to be short of breath the blow winded him 29. a. to detect the scent of b. to pursue (quarry) by following its scent 30. to cause (a baby) to bring up wind after feeding by patting or rubbing on the back 31. to expose to air, as in drying, ventilating, etc Derived forms windless (ˈwindless) adjective windlessly (ˈwindlessly) adverb windlessness (ˈwindlessness) noun Word origin Old English wind; related to Old High German wint, Old Norse vindr, Gothic winds, Latin ventusWord Frequency wind 2(waɪnd) verbWord forms: winds, winding or wound 1. (often foll by around, about, or upon) to turn or coil (string, cotton, etc) around some object or point or (of string, etc) to be turnedetc, around some object or point he wound a scarf around his head 2. (transitive) to twine, cover, or wreathe by or as if by coiling, wrapping, etc; encircle we wound the body in a shroud 3. (transitive; often foll by up) to tighten the spring of (a clockwork mechanism) 4. (transitive; foll by off) to remove by uncoiling or unwinding 5. (usually intr) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course the river winds through the hills 6. (transitive) to introduce indirectly or deviously he is winding his own opinions into the report 7. (transitive) to cause to twist or revolve he wound the handle 8. (tr; usually foll by up or down) to move by cranking please wind up the window 9. (transitive) to haul, lift, or hoist (a weight, etc) by means of a wind or windlass 10. (intransitive) (of a board, etc) to be warped or twisted 11. (intransitive) archaic to proceed deviously or indirectly noun 12. the act of winding or state of being wound 13. a single turn, bend, etc a wind in the river 14. Also called: winding a twist in a board or plank Derived forms windable (ˈwindable) adjective Word origin Old English windan; related to Old Norse vinda, Old High German wintan (German winden)Word Frequency wind 3(waɪnd) verbWord forms: winds, winding, winded or wound (transitive) poetic to blow (a note or signal) on (a horn, bugle, etc) Word origin C16: special use of wind1 |
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