wind
英 [wɪnd]
美[wɪnd]
- n. 风；呼吸；气味；卷绕
- vt. 缠绕；上发条；使弯曲；吹号角；绕住或缠住某人
- vi. 缠绕；上发条；吹响号角
- n. (Wind)人名；(英、德、瑞典)温德
英英释意
- 1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
- "trees bent under the fierce winds"
- "when there is no wind, row"
- "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
- 2. a tendency or force that influences events;
- "the winds of change"
- 3. breath;
- "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
- 4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
- "that's a lot of wind"
- "don't give me any of that jazz"
- 5. an indication of potential opportunity;
- "he got a tip on the stock market"
- "a good lead for a job"
- 6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
- 7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- 8. the act of winding or twisting;
- "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
