winder

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈwaɪndɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A winding plant.
    — Two types of leguminous crops combine most of the above mentioned favourable characteristics, the vines (creepers or winders, fig. 23) and the bushes (fig. 22).
  2. A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. slang
    — "Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.
  3. A winnowing fan.
  4. Pronunciation spelling of window. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
    — That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder, which piece I took off that morning, and which piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters […]
  5. An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
  6. The person who operates such an engine.
  7. A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
  8. A spool around which something is wound.
  9. A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
  10. One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
动词 v.
  1. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

词形变化

winders plural winders plural winders present,singular,third-person windering participle,present windered participle,past windered past winders plural winders plural

词汇关系

衍生词
coil winder stem-winder

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wynder; equivalent to wind + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English wind
English -er
English winder
From wind + -er.
词源 3
Related to winnow.
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