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单词 wind down
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wind2 /wīnd/

transitive verb (prp wīndˈing; pat and pap wound /wownd/; chiefly nautical wīndˈed; Burns pat win't)
  1. To turn, to twist or coil
  2. To (cause to) encircle or enfold
  3. To coil the spring of (a watch, etc) or draw up the weights of (a clock) by turning a screw to start, or keep, it going
  4. To make or direct (one's way) or (archaic) to traverse, by turning and twisting
  5. To insinuate (oneself; archaic)
  6. To change the course of, deflect, control (rare or obsolete)
  7. To turn (a horse) to the left
  8. To swing (a ship) round so as to head in another direction
  9. To bring in, involve (obsolete), or to extricate, stealthily
  10. To wind up or sum up (a discussion, etc; archaic)
  11. To weave (Spenser)
  12. To wield (obsolete or dialect)
  13. To haul or hoist, eg with a winch (esp nautical)
intransitive verb
  1. To turn round something (with round, etc)
  2. To twist
  3. To move or go by turns and twists, or deviously
  4. To meander
  5. To go (obsolete)
  6. To writhe, wriggle (obsolete or dialect)
  7. To extricate oneself (with out; obsolete)
  8. To be twisted or warped (dialect)
  9. (of a horse) to turn to the left
noun
  1. A turn, coil or twist
  2. A turning
  3. A twisted or warped condition
ORIGIN: OE windan; cf Ger winden, ON vinda, Gothic windan; cf wend, wander

wīndˈer noun

  1. Someone who winds
  2. An instrument for winding
  3. A clock or watch key
  4. An electrically driven winding engine for hoisting a cage or cages up a vertical mineshaft
  5. The person who operates such an engine
  6. A twisting plant
  7. A triangular step at the turn of a stair or in a spiral staircase

wīndˈing adjective and noun

windˈingly adverb

wīndˈy adjective

windˈ-down noun

A gradual slowing down towards the end of something

winding engine noun

A machine for hoisting

winding sheet noun

  1. A sheet for wrapping a corpse in
  2. A shroud
  3. The dripping grease that clings to the side of a candle (dialect)

winding stair noun

  1. A spiral stair constructed round a solid newel
  2. A stair with an open well hole, constructed on a geometric (ie circular or elliptical) plan

windˈing-strips plural noun

Two pieces of wood with parallel edges, used for testing the trueness of timber, etc

windˈ-up noun

  1. The close, finish
  2. An instance of winding up
  3. A coiled position taken up by a pitcher before throwing the ball (baseball)

turn the wind (now rare)

To go, move or cause to move from side to side or on a winding course

wind down

  1. To slow down and stop working
  2. To relax or become quiet after a period of activity
  3. To lose strength
  4. To reduce the strength or scope of
  5. To open (the window of a vehicle) by turning a handle

wind up

  1. To end up (informal)
  2. To bring or come to a conclusion
  3. To adjust for final settlement
  4. To terminate the activities of, liquidate (a commercial firm, etc)
  5. To excite or agitate (esp in pap wound up)
  6. To coil completely
  7. To wind the spring or the mechanism of tightly
  8. To close (the window of a vehicle) by turning a handle
  9. To furl (obsolete)
  10. To tighten
  11. To hoist, eg by a winch
  12. To restore to harmony (Shakespeare)
  13. To tease
  14. To irritate, annoy or anger (informal)

wind up and down (obsolete)

To revolve in the mind

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