单词 | Windbreaker® |
释义 | wind1 /wind or (poetic) wīnd/noun
ORIGIN: OE; related to ON vindr, Ger Wind, L ventus windˈage noun
windˈer noun (slang)
windˈily adverb windˈiness noun windˈless adjective Without wind windˈward adjective Relating to, or in, the direction from which the wind blows adverbTowards the wind nounThe windward side or quarter windˈwards adverb windˈy adjective
windˈbag noun
windˈbaggery noun (informal) The output of a windbag or empty talker wind band noun A musical ensemble made up of wind instruments windˈblow noun Windthrow (qv below) windˈblown adjective
windˈborne adjective (of pollen, seeds, etc) carried by the wind windˈbound adjective Hindered from sailing by contrary wind windˈbreak noun Something serving as a protection against the force of the wind, such as a fence or line of trees Windˈbreaker® noun (US) A type of windproof jacket with elasticated cuffs and waistband windˈ-broken adjective (of a horse) broken-winded windˈburn noun Inflammation of the skin due to overexposure to the wind windˈburned or windˈburnt adjective windˈ-changing adjective Fickle wind chart noun A chart showing the direction of the wind windˈcheater noun
wind chest noun The box or reservoir that supplies compressed air to the pipes or reeds of an organ wind chill noun
wind-chill factor noun A measurement of this wind chimes plural noun A hanging decoration composed of pieces of shell, metal, etc that tinkle against one another as the breeze catches them wind cone noun A sleeve floating from the top of a mast eg at an airport, its angle with the ground giving a rough conception of the velocity of the wind, and its angle in a horizontal plane the wind direction wind dispersal noun (botany) The dispersal of spores, seeds and fruits by the wind wind dropsy noun Flatulent distension, tympanites wind egg noun
wind energy noun Wind power (qv below) windˈfall noun
windˈfallen adjective Blown down by wind windfall tax noun A tax levied on windfall profits, profits arising, esp suddenly and unexpectedly, as a result of events not directly connected with the company, etc concerned, such as changes in currency exchange rates wind farm noun A concentration of wind-driven electricity-generating turbines, usu sited on agricultural land windˈflower noun An anemone, esp the wood anemone wind furnace noun Any form of furnace using the natural draught of a chimney without aid of a bellows windˈgall noun A puffy swelling around the fetlock joints of a horse wind gap noun A dried-up river valley in the mountains wind gauge noun
windˈgun noun An air-gun wind harp noun The aeolian harp (qv) windˈhover /-hovˈər or -huvˈər/ noun The kestrel wind instrument noun A musical instrument sounded by means of a current of air, esp a woodwind or brass instrument sounded by the breath windˈjammer noun
wind machine noun A machine that produces wind or the sound of wind (theatre, etc) windˈmill noun
transitive verb and intransitive verb (to cause) to move like the vanes of a windmill wind park noun A wind farm windˈpipe noun The passage running from the back of the throat to the lungs, through which air is drawn into and expelled from the lungs, the trachea wind power noun Wind considered as an energy source, eg for the generation of electricity by means of windmills, etc windˈproof adjective (of garments or fabrics) resistant to or impenetrable by wind wind pump noun A windmill-driven pump wind rock noun The loosening effect on plant roots and tree roots of violent wind windˈ-rode adjective (nautical) Riding at anchor with head to the wind wind rose noun A rosette-like diagram showing the relative frequency and strength of winds in a locality for given periods of the year windˈrow noun
transitive verb To arrange in windrows windˈsail noun (nautical)
windˈscreen noun
windˈ-shak'd or windˈ-shaken adjective Agitated by the wind windˈshake noun A flaw in wood said to be due to the bending of the tree in the wind wind shear noun (meteorology)
windˈshield noun
windˈship noun A wind-powered ship, a sailing ship wind side noun The side exposed to the wind wind sleeve or windˈsock noun A wind cone windˈstorm noun A storm consisting of very strong winds windˈ-sucker noun windˈ-sucking noun (in horses) a harmful habit of swallowing air, in many cases associated with crib-biting windˈsurf intransitive verb To ride on a sailboard windˈsurfer noun windˈsurfing noun (also called sailboarding) the sport of riding the waves on a sailboard windˈswept adjective
windˈ-swift adjective Swift as the wind wind synthesizer noun (music) A synthesizer designed with fingering like that of a wind instrument and played using the power of the player's breath, whose technique with the mouthpiece modulates the sound produced windˈthrow noun The blowing-down of trees by the wind windˈtight adjective Airtight wind tunnel noun An experimental apparatus for producing a uniform steady airstream past a model for aerodynamic investigation work wind turbine noun A wind-driven electricity generator, a tall slim structure with propeller-like vanes Windy City noun (US informal) Chicago a capful of wind A slight breeze before the wind Carried along by the wind between wind and water
break wind To release flatus from the anus cast or lay an anchor to windward To make prudent provision for the future cast, fling or throw to the winds
down the wind
fight windmills To tilt at windmills (qv below) get one's wind To recover one's breath get the wind of To get on the windward side of get (or have) the wind up (informal) To become (or be) nervous, apprehensive, agitated get to windward of To secure an advantage over get wind of To get a hint or intimation of hang in the wind To remain in suspense or uncertainty have the wind of To be on the trail of how the wind blows or lies
in the wind Astir, afoot in the wind's eye or in the teeth of the wind Right against the wind like the wind Rapidly on the windy side (Shakespeare) On the windward side, from which one cannot be attacked, hence safe, at an advantage put the wind up someone (informal) To make someone apprehensive or agitated raise the wind (informal) To raise the funds one needs sail close to or near the wind
second wind
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind To act wrongly and receive a crushing retribution take the wind out of someone's sails To deprive someone of an advantage, to frustrate or discomfit someone tilt at windmills To struggle with imaginary opposition, from the story of Don Quixote who charged at windmills under the misapprehension that they were giants wind or winds of change A pervasive influence bringing change, immortalized as a phrase by Harold Macmillan, speaking in 1960 of the inevitability of African independence, but previously used by Swinburne in his poem Tiresias |
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