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单词 wind
释义 wind
[wɪnd] noun
CURRENT OF AIR 气流
 ESSENTIAL  countable or uncountable
■a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt 风;气流
There isn't enough wind to fly a kite.风不够大,风筝飞不起来。
The weather forecast warned of winds of up to 60-miles-an-hour today.天气预报警告说,今天有时速高达60英里的强风。
There was a light wind blowing.微风轻拂。
Strong/High winds made the crossing very unpleasant.强风使横度变得非常不舒服。
The sails flapped in the wind.风帆在风中啪啪地拍打着。
literary There wasn't a breath of (= even a slight amount of) wind.没有一丝风。
A gust of wind suddenly caught her skirt.突然一阵风吹动了她的裙子。
The wind is beginning to pick up (= get stronger).风开始越刮越猛。
She ran like the wind (= very fast) to catch up.她像一阵风似的赶了上去。
[wɪnd] noun
BREATH 呼吸
uncountable mainly UK
■breath or the ability to breathe 呼吸;呼吸能力
I had to stop halfway up the hill to get my wind (= allow my breathing to return to normal).我不得不在半山腰停下来喘喘气。
uncountable informal disapproving
■words that do not mean anything and false statements 空谈,废话
I rarely bother to listen to politicians' speeches - it's all just wind.几乎从不费神去听政治家的演讲——都是废话。
[wɪnd] noun
BOWELS 肠子
uncountable UK (US gas)
■gas in the bowels or in a baby's stomach, especially that which makes you feel uncomfortable or makes noises 肠气,胃气,肠胃气胀
I like garlic but it gives me terrible wind.我爱吃大蒜,但吃了肚子胀气很厉害。
[wɪnd] noun
get wind of sth
■to hear a piece of information that someone else was trying to keep secret 听到…的风声;得知…秘密消息
I don't want my colleagues to get wind of the fact that I'm leaving.我不想让我的同事知道我要离开的消息。
[wɪnd] noun
put/get the wind up sb UK
■to make someone feel worried about their situation 使(某人)变得紧张(或害怕)
Tell them your father's a policeman - that'll put the wind up them!告诉他们,你爸爸是员警——那会令他们害怕!
[wɪnd] noun
take the wind out of sb's sails
■to make someone feel less confident or less determined to do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are not expecting 使(某人)泄气;使(某人)不坚定
I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - it rather took the wind out of my sails.我已经准备好告诉他,我们的关系已经结束了,可他捧着一大束花向我迎来——这令我的心又软了下来。
[wɪnd] verb (winded, winded)
BREATH 呼吸
transitive
■to make it difficult or temporarily impossible for someone to breathe, usually by hitting them in the stomach (通常透过击打腹部而)使气急,使呼吸困难
[wɪnd] verb (winded, winded)
BOWELS 肠子
transitive UK (US burp)
■to rub or very gently hit a baby on the back to allow air to come up from the stomach (用抚拍的方法)使(婴儿)打嗝通气
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
TURN 转
 ADVANCED  intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep]
■to turn or cause something to turn 绕;使卷绕
She wound the handle but nothing happened.她转动把手,但是没起甚么作用。
Once she'd got into the car, she wound the window down/up (= caused it to open/close by turning a handle).她一进到车里,就把车窗玻璃摇了下来/上去。
UK Does this camera wind on (= does the film in it move forward) automatically?这部照相机是自动进片的吗?
That noise you can hear is the tape winding back.你能听到的那种噪声是倒磁带的声音。
⇒ See also rewind
transitive (also wind up)
■If you wind (up) a clock or watch, you cause it to work by turning a key, handle or other device. 给(钟表)上弦,给…上发条
intransitive usually + adverb or preposition
■If a road, path or river winds, it follows a route which turns repeatedly in different directions (道路或河流等)曲折前进,蜿蜒
The river winds through the valley.河流弯弯曲曲地穿过山谷。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
WRAP AROUND 缠绕
transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to wrap something around an object several times or twist it repeatedly around itself 包,裹;使缠绕成团
She wound a scarf around her neck.她在脖子上围了一条围巾。
He wound the string into a ball.他将绳子缠成一团。
He wound a small bandage round her finger.他在她的手指上缠了一小条绷带。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] wind (sth) down
■to end gradually or in stages, or to cause something to do this (使)逐渐结束
The government intends to wind the scheme down in early spring.政府有意在早春时节将这个计划逐渐收尾。
Unfortunately, the party was just winding down as we got there.不幸的是,我们赶到时聚会已接近尾声了。
■If a business or organization winds down, or if someone winds it down, the amount of work it does is gradually reduced until it closes completely (使)(企业或机构)逐渐关闭,(使)慢慢倒闭
They're winding down their operations abroad because they're losing money.因为亏损,他们正在逐步缩减海外业务。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   wind down
■to gradually relax after doing something that has made you tired or worried (劳累或担心之后)放松下来
When he goes on holiday, it takes him the first couple of days just to wind down.他去渡假时,开始几天只是放松放松。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] wind sth up
■to close a business or organization 关闭(企业或机构);使停业
Lawyers were called in to wind up the company.律师被请来对这家公司进行停业清理。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   wind up informal
■to find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what you do (使自己)陷入,卷入,落得
If he carries on like this he's going to wind up in prison!如果他这么做下去,最终会进监狱的!
You don't want to wind up homeless, do you?你不想最后落得无家可归,对不对?
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] wind (sth) up
■to end, or to make an activity end (使)结束
I think it's about time we wound this meeting up.我看我们该结束这次会议了。
We need to wind up now, we've only got five minutes.我们现在得结束了,只剩五分钟的时间。
[waɪnd] verb (wound, wound)
  Phrasal Verbs   wind sb up UK informal
ANNOY
[M]
■to annoy or upset someone 惹恼(某人);使(某人)心烦
It really winds me up when he goes on about teachers having an easy life.他不停地说教师的日子过得很轻松,真能把我气坏。
She just knows how to wind me up.她就知道如何惹恼我。
⇒ See also wound up
DECEIVE
■to tell someone something that is not true in order to make a joke (为开玩笑而)欺骗,哄骗,戏弄
Are you serious or are you just trying to wind me up?你是认真的还是只想骗骗我?
wind-up /ˈwaɪnd.ʌp] noun countable usually singular UK informal 2. You can't be serious - is this a wind-up? 你不可能是认真的——你是不是在骗我?
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