wind

1. N-VAR A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface. 風

There was a strong wind blowing. 正刮著一陣大風。

2. N-COUNT Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind. (影響事態(tài)發(fā)展的) 趨勢; 因素

The winds of change are blowing across the country. 轉(zhuǎn)變之風正吹遍全國。

3. V-T 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. 呼吸困難

He was winded and shaken. 他呼吸困難，身體發(fā)抖。

4. PHRASE If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus. 放屁

If I break wind at dinner, should I say "Pardon," or pretend nothing has happened?

如果我在用餐的時候放屁，我是應該說“對不起”，還是假裝什么事情都沒發(fā)生？

5. PHRASE If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it. 聽到…的消息 (尤指在別人不想讓知道的情況下)[非正式]

I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage. 我不想讓公眾，尤其是新聞界，在這個階段聽到什么消息。

PHRASE

1. V-T/V-I 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. (路、河流或一行人) 蜿蜒而行

Quiet mountain roads wind through groves of bamboo and cedar. 幽靜的山路蜿蜒穿過竹林和雪松林。

...a narrow winding road. …一條狹窄蜿蜒的道路。

We wound our way southeast. 我們向東南方向蜿蜒前行。

2. V-T When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. 纏繞

The horse jumped forward and around her, winding the rope around her waist. 那匹馬向前一跳，然后圍著她把繩子纏在她的腰際。

3. V-T 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. 給 (鐘表等) 上發(fā)條

I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time. 我還沒給手表上發(fā)條，所以我不知道時間。

4. PHRASAL VERB Wind up means the same as wind. 給 (鐘表等) 上發(fā)條

I wound up the watch and listened to it tick. 我給手表上好發(fā)條，聽著它滴答作響。

5. V-T To wind a tape or film back or forward means to make it move toward its starting or ending position. 倒/快進 (磁帶或膠卷)

The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed. 便攜式攝像機可以高速度倒帶或快進。

6. N a single turn, bend, etc 拐彎

a wind in the river