| 单词 | wind vane |
| 释义 | wind vane (once / 184677 pages) n WORD FAMILY wind vane: wind vanes USAGE EXAMPLESThe data is uploaded every 10 seconds to her Web site, so a strangely mesmerizing digital wind vane flips around almost in real time. New York Times(Jul 10, 2013) It is well known to meteorologists that the wind vanes as ordinarily placed near the surface do not give a true indication of the wind. Various, The Galaxy, June 1877—Vol. XXIII.—J...(2010) I remember him long before he'd pushed his way to the head of the Wind Vanes Control. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), The Sleeper Awakes—A Revised Editio...(2010) n mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind Syn|Hypo|Hyper vane, weather vane, weathervane weathercock weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster wind teeweather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
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