wind

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈwɪnd/    /ˈwɪnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. countable,uncountable
    — The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
  2. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
  3. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. countable,uncountable
    — the wind of a cannon ball
  4. The ability to breathe easily. countable,uncountable
    — After the second lap he was already out of wind.
  5. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — to catch wind of something
  6. A tendency or trend. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — the wind of change
  7. One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air. countable,uncountable
  8. One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements. countable,uncountable
  9. Flatus. colloquial,uncountable
    — to pass wind
  10. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. countable,uncountable
    — Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
  11. The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. countable,uncountable
  12. A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument. countable,uncountable
  13. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points. countable,uncountable
    — the four winds
  14. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. countable,uncountable
  15. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. countable,uncountable
  16. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe.
  17. A bird, the dotterel. countable,uncountable
  18. The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. countable,slang,uncountable
  19. Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”) abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Invest in wind for example through the municipality's energy company
动词 v.
  1. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. transitive
    — Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, / And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue.
  2. To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something. transitive
    — to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
  3. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism. transitive
    — Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
  4. To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. transitive
    — The boxer was winded during round two.
  5. To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. UK,transitive
  6. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. transitive
    — Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.
  7. To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. UK,transitive
  8. To travel or follow a path with numerous curves. intransitive
    — Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.
  9. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. transitive
  10. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern. transitive
    — to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
  11. To perceive or follow by scent. transitive
    — The hounds winded the game.
  12. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. transitive
    — You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical.
  13. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. transitive
  14. To cover or surround with something coiled about. transitive
    — to wind a rope with twine
  15. To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind. transitive
  16. To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch. transitive
    — Quickly she slammed the door shut and panicking wound the window up as fast as her slippery fingers would allow.
  17. To turn (a ship) around, end for end. transitive

词形变化

winds plural winde alternative,obsolete winds present,singular,third-person winding participle,present winded participle,past winded past wound participle,past,proscribed wound past,proscribed winde alternative,obsolete winds present,singular,third-person winding participle,present wound participle,past wound past winded participle,past winded past winds plural

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German and German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese and Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.
词源 2
From Middle English wynden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.
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