wind
wind 英 [wɪnd] 美 [wɪnd]
n. 风；气流 v. 蜿蜒；迂回；缠绕
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- When wind rhymes with "grinned," it refers to moving air, as in a breeze, or what fills the sails of a boat. When wind rhymes with "kind," it means to turn, as in winding one's watch.
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- n. 风；气流
- v. 蜿蜒；迂回；缠绕
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1. The path wound down to the beach.
这条小路弯弯曲曲通向海滩。
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2. The river winds its way between two meadows.
这条河蜿蜒流经两个牧场之间。
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3. He wound the wool into a ball.
他把毛线缠绕成一团。
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4. He wound the tape back to the beginning.
他把磁带倒到了开头。
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5. strong winds, high winds
强劲的风；大风
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6. a north wind, a south wind, a east wind, a west wind
北风；南风；东风；西风
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7. A gust of wind blew my hat off.
一阵风把我的帽子刮掉了。
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8. I can't eat beans—they give me wind.
我不能吃豆子，吃了肚子就胀气。
- wind (n.1) "air in motion," Old English wind "wind," from Proto-Germanic *windaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch wind, Old Norse vindr, Old High German wind, German Wind, Gothic winds), from PIE *we-nt-o- "blowing," from root *we- "to blow" (source also of Sanskrit va-, Greek aemi-, Gothic waian, Old English wawan, Old High German wajan, German wehen, Old Church Slavonic vejati "to blow;" Sanskrit vatah, Avestan vata-, Hittite huwantis, Latin ventus, Old Church Slavonic vetru, Lithuanian vėjas "wind," vėtra "tempest, storm;" Old Irish feth "air;" Welsh gwynt, Breton gwent "wind").
- wind (n.2) "an act of winding round," 1825, from wind (v.1) . Earlier, "an apparatus for winding," late 14c., in which use perhaps from a North Sea Germanic word, such as Middle Dutch, Middle Low German winde "windlass."
- wind (v.1) "move by turning and twisting," Old English windan "to turn, twist, plait, curl, brandish, swing" (class III strong verb; past tense wand, past participle wunden), from Proto-Germanic *windan "to wind" (source also of Old Saxon windan, Old Norse vinda, Old Frisian winda, Dutch winden, Old High German wintan, German winden, Gothic windan "to wind"), from PIE *wendh- "to turn, wind, weave" (source also of Latin viere "twist, plait, weave," vincire "bind;" Lithuanian vyti "twist, wind").
- wind (v.2) "to perceive by scent, get wind of," c. 1400, from wind (n.1). Of horns, etc., "make sound by blowing through," from 1580s. Meaning "tire, put out of breath; render temporarily breathless" is from 1802, originally in pugilism, in reference to the effect of a punch in the stomach. Related: Winded; winding.
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