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单词 windsock
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windsock

or wind sock

[ wind-sok ]
/ ˈwɪndˌsɒk /
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noun

a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
Also called air sleeve, air sock, wind cone, wind sleeve .

Origin of windsock

First recorded in 1925–30; wind1 + sock1

Words nearby windsock

wind shear, wind shelf, windshield, windshield wiper, wind ship, windsock, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Windsor bench, Windsor chair, Windsor, duke of
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British Dictionary definitions for windsock

windsock
/ (ˈwɪndˌsɒk) /

noun

a truncated cone of textile mounted on a mast so that it is free to rotate about a vertical axis: used, esp at airports, to indicate the local wind directionAlso called: air sock, drogue, wind sleeve, wind cone
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
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