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wind

英[wɪnd] 美[wɪnd]
  • n. 风;呼吸;气味;卷绕
  • vt. 缠绕;上发条;使弯曲;吹号角;绕住或缠住某人
  • vi. 缠绕;上发条;吹响号角
  • n. (Wind)人名;(英、德、瑞典)温德

英英释意


1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
"trees bent under the fierce winds"
"when there is no wind, row"
"the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
2. a tendency or force that influences events;
"the winds of change"
3. breath;
"the collision knocked the wind out of him"
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
"that's a lot of wind"
"don't give me any of that jazz"
5. an indication of potential opportunity;
"he got a tip on the stock market"
"a good lead for a job"
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
8. the act of winding or twisting;
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"