單詞
wind
英 [w?nd]
美[w?nd]
基本信息
- n. 風(fēng)；呼吸；氣味；卷繞
- vt. 纏繞；上發(fā)條；使彎曲；吹號(hào)角；繞住或纏住某人
- vi. 纏繞；上發(fā)條；吹響號(hào)角
- n. (Wind)人名；(英、德、瑞典)溫德
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詞組搭配
before the wind
(Sailing)with the wind blowing from astern
(航海)順風(fēng)，借風(fēng)力
get wind of
(informal)begin to suspect that (something) is happening; hear a rumour of
(非正式)開始覺察；聽到…的風(fēng)聲，獲悉…的消息
Mortimer got wind of a plot being hatched.
莫蒂默聽風(fēng)聲說有人正在策劃陰謀。
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
(proverb)few things are so bad that no one profits from them
(諺)使人人遭殃的風(fēng)才是惡風(fēng)；世上鮮有絕對的壞事；害于此者利于彼
like the wind
very quickly
飛快地
she ran like the wind back to the house.
她飛快地跑回屋子。
off the wind
(Sailing)with the wind on the quarter
(航海)順風(fēng)
on a wind
(Sailing)against a wind on either bow
(航海)逆風(fēng)，迎風(fēng)，頂風(fēng)
put (或 have) the wind up
(Brit. informal)alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened)
(英，非正式)（使）警覺；（使）受驚嚇
he was trying to put the wind up him with stories of how hard teaching was.
他正極力用教學(xué)如何如何困難的說法來嚇唬他。
sail close to (或 near) the wind
(Sailing)sail as nearly against the wind as is consistent with using its force
(航海)迎風(fēng)航行
(informal)verge on indecency, dishonesty, or disaster
(非正式)行為幾失檢點(diǎn)；近乎不老實(shí)；瀕臨險(xiǎn)境
take the wind out of someone's sails
frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark
先發(fā)制人；冷不防挫敗某人
to the wind(s) (或 the four winds)
in all directions
四面八方
my little flock scatters to the four winds.
我的一小群羊分散四方。
wind down
(of a mechanism, especially one operated by clockwork) gradually lose power
（尤指用發(fā)條驅(qū)動(dòng)的機(jī)械裝置）漸漸停下
wind up informal 非正式
arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place
抵達(dá)；（以某狀態(tài)，情況或在某地）結(jié)束
Kevin winds up in New York .
凱文終于抵達(dá)紐約。
another way of saying wind something up (in sense 2)
同 wind something up(義項(xiàng)2):
he wound up by attacking Nonconformists.
最終他選擇攻擊那些不信奉國教者。
wind someone up
(Brit. informal)tease or irritate someone
(英，非正式)捉弄，激怒（某人）
she's only winding me up.
她只是捉弄我罷了。
(一般作 be wound up)make tense or angry
使緊張（或生氣）
he was clearly wound up and frantic about his daughter.
很明顯，他被女兒氣得發(fā)瘋。
wind something up
arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company
（公司）停業(yè)清理
the company has since been wound up.
這家公司從此倒閉了。
gradually or finally bring an activity to a conclusion
慢慢終止；以…告終
the experiments had to be wound up because the funding stopped.
因?yàn)橘Y金資助已停止，這些實(shí)驗(yàn)不得不被終止。
(informal)increase the tension, intensity, or power of something
(非正式)增加某物的緊張度（或強(qiáng)度、力量）
he wound up the engine.
他加大馬力。
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