before the wind

(Sailing)with the wind blowing from astern

(航海)顺风，借风力

get wind of

(informal)begin to suspect that (something) is happening; hear a rumour of

(非正式)开始觉察；听到…的风声，获悉…的消息

Mortimer got wind of a plot being hatched.

莫蒂默听风声说有人正在策划阴谋。

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

(proverb)few things are so bad that no one profits from them

(谚)使人人遭殃的风才是恶风；世上鲜有绝对的坏事；害于此者利于彼

like the wind

very quickly

飞快地

she ran like the wind back to the house.

她飞快地跑回屋子。

off the wind

(Sailing)with the wind on the quarter

(航海)顺风

on a wind

(Sailing)against a wind on either bow

(航海)逆风，迎风，顶风

put (或 have) the wind up

(Brit. informal)alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened)

(英，非正式)（使）警觉；（使）受惊吓

he was trying to put the wind up him with stories of how hard teaching was.

他正极力用教学如何如何困难的说法来吓唬他。

sail close to (或 near) the wind

(Sailing)sail as nearly against the wind as is consistent with using its force

(航海)迎风航行

(informal)verge on indecency, dishonesty, or disaster

(非正式)行为几失检点；近乎不老实；濒临险境

take the wind out of someone's sails

frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark

先发制人；冷不防挫败某人

to the wind(s) (或 the four winds)

in all directions

四面八方

my little flock scatters to the four winds.

我的一小群羊分散四方。

wind down

(of a mechanism, especially one operated by clockwork) gradually lose power

（尤指用发条驱动的机械装置）渐渐停下

wind up informal 非正式

arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place

抵达；（以某状态，情况或在某地）结束

Kevin winds up in New York .

凯文终于抵达纽约。

another way of saying wind something up (in sense 2)

同 wind something up(义项2):

he wound up by attacking Nonconformists.

最终他选择攻击那些不信奉国教者。

wind someone up

(Brit. informal)tease or irritate someone

(英，非正式)捉弄，激怒（某人）

she's only winding me up.

她只是捉弄我罢了。

(一般作 be wound up)make tense or angry

使紧张（或生气）

he was clearly wound up and frantic about his daughter.

很明显，他被女儿气得发疯。

wind something up

arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company

（公司）停业清理

the company has since been wound up.

这家公司从此倒闭了。

gradually or finally bring an activity to a conclusion

慢慢终止；以…告终

the experiments had to be wound up because the funding stopped.

因为资金资助已停止，这些实验不得不被终止。

(informal)increase the tension, intensity, or power of something

(非正式)增加某物的紧张度（或强度、力量）

he wound up the engine.

他加大马力。