2PHRASAL VERB 關停,關閉(企業或其他組織) When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. 關停,關閉(企業或其他組織) [business] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
The Bank of England seems determined to wind up the company. [VERBPREP. noun]
3PHRASAL VERB 最終淪落到;最終落得;(以…)告終 If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be. 最終淪落到;最終落得;(以…)告終
He could wind up in gaol. [VERBPREP. prep./adv.]
他可能最後會進監獄。
Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff. [VERBPREP. verb-ing]
我完全沒有想到自己最後竟會在這裏供職。
Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy. [VP adj/n]
最後婚姻雙方都不幸福。
4PHRASAL VERB 搖上(車窗等) When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle. 搖上(車窗等)
He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it. [VERB noun PREP.]
他開始搖上車窗,但我一把抓住並拉開了車門。
5PHRASAL VERB 故意惹惱;挑釁 If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them. 故意惹惱;挑釁 [British, informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me. [VERB noun PREP.]
1ADJ [ADJ n](機械裝置)裝有發條的,用手柄操作的 A wind-up device is a mechanical device with a handle or key that you turn several times before you use it in order to make it work. (機械裝置)裝有發條的,用手柄操作的
...an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone.
老式手搖唱機
2N-COUNT [usually singular]故意惹人生氣的玩笑;故意戲弄人的把戲 A wind-up is a joke or trick in which someone deliberately tells you something untrue in order to annoy you. 故意惹人生氣的玩笑;故意戲弄人的把戲 [British, informal]
At first I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a wind-up by one of my mates. [+ by]