| 单词 | windmill |
| 释义 | windmill /wind"mil'/, n. 1. any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails. 2. (loosely) a wind generator; wind plant. 3. Aeron. a small air turbine with blades, like those of an airplane propeller, exposed on a moving aircraft and driven by the air, used to operate gasoline pumps, radio apparatus, etc. 4. an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote): to tilt at windmills. v.i. , v.t. 5. Aeron. (of a propeller engine or turbojet engine) to rotate or cause to rotate solely under the force of a passing airstream. [1250-1300; ME; see WIND1, MILL1] |
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