单词 | vane |
释义 | vane[ veyn ] / veɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vane ON THESAURUS.COM nounOrigin of vanebefore 1100; Middle English; Old English fana flag; cognate with German Fahne flag, Gothic fana segment of cloth; cf. gonfanon OTHER WORDS FROM vanevaned, adjectivevaneless, adjectivemul·ti·vane, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vanevain, vane , veinWords nearby vaneVandyke, Vandyke beard, Vandyke brown, Vandyke collar, Van Dyken, vane, Vänern, Vanessa, vanessid, van Eyck, Van Fleet Definition for vane (2 of 2)Vane [ veyn ] / veɪn / nounSir Henry Sir Harry Vane, 1613–62, British statesman and author. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vaneBritish Dictionary definitions for vane (1 of 2)vane / (veɪn) / nounAlso called: weather vane, wind vane a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance ornithol the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft surveying
Derived forms of vanevaned, adjectivevaneless, adjectiveWord Origin for vaneOld English fana; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fano, Old Norse fani, Latin pannus cloth British Dictionary definitions for vane (2 of 2)Vane / (veɪn) / nounSir Henry, known as Sir Harry Vane. 1613–62, English Puritan statesman and colonial administrator; governor of Massachusetts (1636–37). He was executed for high treason after the Restoration Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for vaneVane [ vān ] British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for vanevane [ vān ] The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the rachis. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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