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单词 upwind
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Definition of upwind in English:

upwind

adverb & adjectiveʌpˈwɪnd
  • Against the direction of the wind.

    as adverb you learn how to sail upwind
    as adjective the upwind wing tip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wind strength was also variable resulting in different upwind courses being taken for all four races.
    • Remaining upwind, above ground level, and in a sealed room with an adequate air supply, will provide protection for civilians - if they have time to prepare.
    • If there is an attack, leave the area and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream.
    • Drive perpendicular to the direction of the prevalent winds and begin upwind from the area of active soil erosion.
    • You'll hear sounds originating upwind from your house better than those originating closer to home on the downwind side.
    • For the flight experiments, two odour sources were placed at the upwind end of the wind tunnel.
    • Sailing back as the day cools, I take the boat out through the anchored yachts and begin the upwind journey home.
    • And a medical colleague of his, Dr Alan Preece, says lung cancer is more common downwind of power lines than upwind.
    • ‘I remember standing up, looking upwind and seeing someone face down in the water,’ Matthew remembers.
    • The tide was still ebbing furiously and the course lay once again upwind, and for a few minutes I amused some onlooking fisherman by not making any headway at all.
    • Does it make sense for us to promote and increase industrial development upwind?
    • A few minutes later, we reached the edge of the woods upwind of the dump and gasped clean air.
    • As he approached from upwind, I caught a whiff of scent.
    • All of us like to fly downwind because it's easier and there is some room for errors but everybody agrees the ability to fly upwind is an important skill which should be tested and rewarded.
    • Because of this, I'd never live upwind of a pulp mill.
    • The French team, which has struggled this week, sailed a strong race, with a good start, and a solid upwind leg.
    • The difference in ride going upwind and downwind was enormous, demonstrating the need to assess weather conditions for an offshore trip with a boat full of potentially tired divers.
    • These ships were especially effective when sailing upwind or to windward.
    • When they browse they move upwind, carefully sniffing and sifting the air for danger, their sharp-sighted eyes constantly on the alert.
    • Troops would have been stationed upwind of the explosion so would not have suffered any significant radioactive fall-out, though there may have been a small risk of exposure.

Rhymes

downwind, Lind, prescind, rescind, Sind, wind
 
 

Definition of upwind in US English:

upwind

adjective & adverbˌəpˈwindˌəpˈwɪnd
  • Against the direction of the wind.

    as adverb you learn how to sail upwind
    as adjective the upwind wing tip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drive perpendicular to the direction of the prevalent winds and begin upwind from the area of active soil erosion.
    • The tide was still ebbing furiously and the course lay once again upwind, and for a few minutes I amused some onlooking fisherman by not making any headway at all.
    • As he approached from upwind, I caught a whiff of scent.
    • A few minutes later, we reached the edge of the woods upwind of the dump and gasped clean air.
    • Troops would have been stationed upwind of the explosion so would not have suffered any significant radioactive fall-out, though there may have been a small risk of exposure.
    • Wind strength was also variable resulting in different upwind courses being taken for all four races.
    • For the flight experiments, two odour sources were placed at the upwind end of the wind tunnel.
    • The difference in ride going upwind and downwind was enormous, demonstrating the need to assess weather conditions for an offshore trip with a boat full of potentially tired divers.
    • Sailing back as the day cools, I take the boat out through the anchored yachts and begin the upwind journey home.
    • ‘I remember standing up, looking upwind and seeing someone face down in the water,’ Matthew remembers.
    • Remaining upwind, above ground level, and in a sealed room with an adequate air supply, will provide protection for civilians - if they have time to prepare.
    • Does it make sense for us to promote and increase industrial development upwind?
    • Because of this, I'd never live upwind of a pulp mill.
    • The French team, which has struggled this week, sailed a strong race, with a good start, and a solid upwind leg.
    • If there is an attack, leave the area and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream.
    • These ships were especially effective when sailing upwind or to windward.
    • And a medical colleague of his, Dr Alan Preece, says lung cancer is more common downwind of power lines than upwind.
    • When they browse they move upwind, carefully sniffing and sifting the air for danger, their sharp-sighted eyes constantly on the alert.
    • You'll hear sounds originating upwind from your house better than those originating closer to home on the downwind side.
    • All of us like to fly downwind because it's easier and there is some room for errors but everybody agrees the ability to fly upwind is an important skill which should be tested and rewarded.
 
 
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