新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

wind

英 [wɪnd]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

winds
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 风
A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface.
双语例句
例：
There was a strong wind blowing.
狂风肆虐。
2. [C 可数名词] （影响事态发展的）趋势 , 因素
Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind.
双语例句
例：
The winds of change are blowing across the country.
转变之风正吹遍全国。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

wind down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 摇下（车窗等）
When you wind down something such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
双语例句
例：
Glass motioned to him to wind down the window.
格拉斯示意他摇下车窗。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] （疲劳或紧张后）放松一下
If you wind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
近义词
unwind
双语例句
例：
I regularly have a drink to wind down.
我经常喝点酒来放松一下。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 逐步减少（业务或活动等直至停止）
If someone winds down a business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
双语例句
例：
Aid workers have begun winding down their operation.
援助工作人员已开始逐步减少他们的工作。
wind up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 给（钟表等）上发条（同）wind）
Wind up means the same as wind.
双语例句
例：
I wound up the watch and listened to it tick.
我给手表上好发条，听着它滴答作响。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 完成 , 停止（活动）
When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
双语例句
例：
The president is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.
总统即将结束对索马里的访问。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 摇上（车窗等）
When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle.
近义词
roll up
双语例句
例：
He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it.
他开始摇上车窗，但是我一把抓住并打开了车门。

PHRASE. 习语

break wind
1. 放屁
If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
双语例句
例：
If I break wind at dinner, should I say 'Pardon', or pretend nothing has happened?
如果我在用餐的时候放屁，我是应该说“对不起”，还是假装什么事情都没发生？
get wind of something
1. 听到…的风声
If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
双语例句
例：
I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage.
我不想让公众，尤其是新闻界，在这个阶段听到什么风声。

VERB. 动词

winds , winding , wound
1. [I 不及物动词] （路、河流或一行人）蜿蜒而行
If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it.
双语例句
例：
Quiet mountain roads wind through groves of bamboo and cedar.
幽静的山路蜿蜒穿过竹林和雪松林。
例：
a narrow winding road.
一条狭窄蜿蜒的道路。
例：
We wound our way southeast.
我们向东南方向蜿蜒前行。
2. [T 及物动词] 缠绕
When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times.
双语例句
例：
The horse jumped forward and around her, winding the rope around her waist.
那匹马围着她向前跳，把绳子绕在了她的腰际。
3. [T 及物动词] 给（钟表等）上发条
When you wind a mechanical device, for example, a watch or a clock, you turn a knob, key, or handle on it several times in order to make it operate.
双语例句
例：
I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time.
我还没给手表上发条，所以不知道时间。
4. [T 及物动词] 倒或快进（磁带或胶卷）
To wind a tape or film back or forward means to make it move towards its starting or ending position.
双语例句
例：
The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed.
便携式摄像机可以高速倒带或快进。
5. [T 及物动词] 呼吸困难
If you are winded by something such as a blow, the air is suddenly knocked out of your lungs so that you have difficulty breathing for a short time.
双语例句
例：
He was winded and shaken.
他呼吸困难浑身发抖。