3N-COUNT (影响事件的)趋势(或因素)(常作新闻用语) Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind. (影响事件的)趋势(或因素)(常作新闻用语)
The winds of change are blowing across the country. [+ of]
改革之风吹遍全国。
The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.
全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
4VERB 使气急;使呼吸困难 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. 使气急;使呼吸困难
He was winded and shaken. [beVERB-ed]
他呼吸困难,身体发抖。
The cow stamped on his side, winding him. [VERB noun]
牛重重地踩在他的肋部,使他喘不上气来。
5N-UNCOUNT (胃肠中的)气Wind is the air that you sometimes swallow with food or drink, or gas that is produced in your intestines, which causes an uncomfortable feeling. (胃肠中的)气
6VERB 给(婴儿)拍嗝儿 If you wind a baby, you hit its back gently in order to help it to release air from its stomach. 给(婴儿)拍嗝儿 [British, informal]
If he cries when you put him down after a feed, try winding him. [VERB noun]
如果你喂完后把他放下时他哭,给他拍拍嗝儿。
in AM, use 美国英语用 burp
7ADJ [ADJ n]管乐的 The wind section of an orchestra or band is the group of people who produce musical sounds by blowing into their instruments. 管乐的
8PHRASE 放屁 If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus. 放屁
9PHRASE 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. 听到…的风声 [informal]
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。
10PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]可能发生 If something is in the wind, it is likely to happen. 可能发生
11PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n]吓唬;使焦虑 If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you. 吓唬;使焦虑 [British, informal]
'I heard you had some funny phone calls.' — 'Yeah, that's why yours rather put the wind up me.'
“我听说你接到了一些骚扰电话。”—“没错儿,所以你的电话把我吓坏了。”
12PHRASE 冒险做事(或说话) If you sail close to the wind, you take a risk by doing or saying something that may get you into trouble. 冒险做事(或说话)
Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
马克斯警告她说她这是在玩火,有被起诉的危险。
13PHRASE [VERB inflects]给…泼冷水(或当头一棒) If something takes the wind out of your sails, it suddenly makes you much less confident in what you are doing or saying. 给…泼冷水(或当头一棒)
14PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE after verb]可能发生何事;事态的发展 If you realize or find out which way the wind is blowing or how the wind is blowing, you realize or find out what is likely to happen, for example whether something is likely to succeed. 可能发生何事;事态的发展
He didn't like to make pronouncements before he was sure which way the wind was blowing.
1VERB (道路、河流或一队人)蜿蜒向前,曲折而行,迂回 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. (道路、河流或一队人)蜿蜒向前,曲折而行,迂回
The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside. [VERB prep./adv.]
摩泽尔河在宁静的乡间蜿蜒穿行约160英里。
The road winds uphill. [VERB prep./adv.]
道路沿山坡蜿蜒而上。
The convoy wound its way through the West Bank. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
2VERB 卷绕;缠绕 When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. 卷绕;缠绕
The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
那匹马围着她向前跳,把绳子绕在了她腰上。
3VERB 给(钟表等)上发条;给…上弦 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. 给(钟表等)上发条;给…上弦
I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time. [VERB noun]
我还没有给表上发条,所以不知道时间。
Wind up means the same as wind .wind up同wind
I wound up the watch and listened to it tick.
我给表上紧发条,听着它嘀嗒作响。
Frances took the tiny music box from her trunk and wound it up.
弗朗西丝从她的大箱子里取出小八音盒,给它上了发条。
4VERB 倒/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. 倒/进(磁带或胶卷)
The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed. [VERB noun adv.]