英语词汇“in the wind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	in the wind
释义	in the wind phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If something is in the wind, it is likely to happen. By the mid-1980s, change was in the wind again. Synonyms: imminent, coming, near, approaching More Synonyms of in the wind See full dictionary entry for wind in the wind in British English about to happen See full dictionary entry for wind in the wind in American English happening or about to happen See full dictionary entry for wind in the wind likely to happen Change is in the wind and this England team will alter as the year unfolds. Examples of 'in the wind' in a sentence in the wind There is probably a change in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2017) There may just be change in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Employers appear to be sniffing a change in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The warmer weather is due to tropical continental air being pulled in through a change in the wind direction. The Sun (2016) You can feel the change in the wind, the renewed power and the turbulence. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The change in the wind comes when a mysterious stranger strolls into reception and bumps into Janice. The Sun (2011) But we've sensed a change in the wind this week. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A change in the wind swathes him in a wave of heat that disappears as quickly as it arrives. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Change is in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2015) With so many changes in the wind, the last thing management wants to worry about is the wheels coming off a hygiene operation. Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002) The darkness was caused by coal smoke pollution trapped under a layer of warm air, but the smoke soon cleared with a change in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2015) All related terms of 'in the wind' blow in the wind to be thought about and discussed , but not decided upon or resolved have in the wind to be in the act of following ( quarry ) by scent spit in the wind to waste your time by trying to do something which has little or no chance of success straw in the wind If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind , you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future. straws in the wind signs of the way in which a situation may develop a straw in the wind an indication of what may happen twisting in the wind left in a very difficult and weak position, often by people who hope to gain advantage from this for themselves whistle in the wind If you describe someone as whistling in the wind , you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed. in the eye of the wind directly against the wind in the teeth of the wind directly into the wind three sheets in the wind very drunk (idiom) in the sense of imminent By the mid-1980s, economic change was in the wind again. Synonyms imminent They warned that a storm was imminent. coming This obviously depends on the weather in the coming months. near Departure time was near. approaching on the way looming brewing impending He had told us that morning of his impending marriage. on the cards (informal) in the offing about to happen close at hand See wind Additional synonyms in the sense of coming Definition (of time or events) approaching or next This obviously depends on the weather in the coming months. Synonyms approaching, next, future, near, due, forthcoming, imminent, in store, impending, at hand, upcoming, on the cards, in the wind, nigh, just round the corner in the sense of impending Definition (esp. of something bad) about to happen He had told us that morning of his impending marriage. Synonyms looming, coming, approaching, near, nearing, threatening, forthcoming, brewing, imminent, hovering, upcoming, on the horizon, in the pipeline, in the offing in the sense of near Definition at or in a place or time not far away Departure time was near. Synonyms imminent, forthcoming, approaching, looming, impending, upcoming, on the cards (informal), nigh, in the offing, near-at-hand, next Nearby words of in the wind in the throes of something in the vicinity of in the wake of in the wind in the wink of an eye in the wrong in theory Synonyms of 'in the wind' in the wind Explore 'in the wind' in the dictionary
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