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单词 cross wind
释义

cross wind

or cross·wind

[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /

noun

a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.

Origin of cross wind

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby cross wind

cross-vein, cross-vine, crosswalk, crossway, crossways, cross wind, cross wire, cross wires, crosswise, crossword, crossword dictionary
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Example sentences from the Web for cross wind

  • But with a beam (cross-wind) or head wind a reduction of from three to five knots and a half was produced.

    Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899|Various

  • I tell you, a compass doesnt help much when theres a cross-wind.

    The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss

British Dictionary definitions for cross wind

crosswind
/ (ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd) /

noun

a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel
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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