wing

名词 n. 动词 v.
/wɪŋ/    /wɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. countable,uncountable
    — The bird was flapping its wings
  2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish. countable,uncountable
  3. Human arm. countable,slang,uncountable
  4. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. countable,uncountable
    — I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
  5. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish. countable,uncountable
  6. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. countable,uncountable
  7. Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. countable,uncountable
  8. Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. countable,uncountable
  9. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. countable,uncountable
  10. Passage by flying; flight. countable,uncountable
    — to take wing
  11. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. countable,uncountable
    — Fiery expedition be my wing.
  12. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building. countable,uncountable
    — the west wing of the hospital
  13. Either of two similar parts of something. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Before going any farther on a wild goose chase I should advise you to verify the admitted American influence in the affair as connectible with Rigby Lacksome […]. Until that point is settled both wings of your deductions are purely in the air.
  14. One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification. countable,uncountable
  15. Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension. Multicultural-London-English,abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
    — They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him
  16. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc. countable,uncountable
    — Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.
  17. A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage. countable,uncountable
    — It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.
  18. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. countable,uncountable
  19. A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point. countable,uncountable
  20. A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position. countable,uncountable
  21. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:; A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station. UK,countable,uncountable
  22. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:; A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons. US,countable,uncountable
  23. A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels. UK,countable,uncountable
  24. A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs. countable,uncountable
  25. That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. countable,uncountable
    — their ends may rest a little below the orlop-wing gratings
  26. A position in several field games on either side of the field. countable,uncountable
    — Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.
  27. A player occupying such a position; a winger. countable,uncountable
    — The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.
  28. A háček. countable,informal,rare,uncountable
    — ˇ wing, wedge, hǎcek, inverted circumflex (Karel Čapek)
  29. One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre. countable,uncountable
    — The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.
  30. The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."
  31. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides. countable,uncountable
  32. On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype. countable,uncountable
    — Tom's a 4 on the enneagram, with a 3 wing.
动词 v.
  1. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm. transitive
  2. To fly. intransitive
    — Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  3. To travel swiftly. intransitive
    — He had pulled up so expertly that the man escaped, so smoothly that not a passenger was jarred, and now he sat with a dazed and vacant expression on his face, leaning forward on his steering wheel, while caustic inquiry and retort winged unheeded up and down the line behind him.
  4. To add a wing (extra part) to. transitive
  5. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it. transitive
    — I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
  6. To throw. transitive
  7. To furnish with wings. transitive
  8. To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily. transitive
    — ⁠Deep folly! yet that this could be— ⁠That I could wing my will with might ⁠To leap the grades of life and light, And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […]
  9. To traverse by flying. transitive

词形变化

wings plural weng alternative,obsolete whing alternative,obsolete wyng alternative,obsolete wings present,singular,third-person winging participle,present winged participle,past winged past wung colloquial,participle,past wung colloquial,past

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air wing angel wing angel wings anglewing awing bandwing barwing bastard wing batswing bat's wing batwing bat wing bat-wing beat the wing beeswing bewing bingo wings birdwing bitewing bite wing blood wings bluewing broadwing bronze-wing bronzewing buck-and-wing buffalo wing chicken-wing chicken wing clip someone's wings clip the wings of cloudywing cloudy wing virus corkwing crimsonwing crosswing cross-wing Crow Wing cupwing cut the pigeon wing deformed wing virus delta wing dropwing duckwing duskywing earn one's wings expand one's wings fixed-wing flatwing flexwing flopwing flying wing fly with leaden wings fore wing front wing goose-wing goose wing greater wing greenwing gull-wing gullwing Hawkwing hind wing hindwing hot wing if pigs had wings if pigs had wings, they would fly interwing lacewing leafwing leatherwing left-wing left-wing anarchism left-wing anarchist lesser wing liver wing longwing mapwing mealywing midwing mothwing nosewing notchwing oblique wing on a wing and a prayer on the wing on the wings of the wind on wing outwing overwing parawing pigeonwing rat with wings Red Wing redwing red wings Reich-wing Reich wing right-wing right-wing socialism ring wing Rogallo wing rotary wing rotary-wing aircraft rotary-wing intercept roughwing sabrewing scallopwing scorched wing sea-wing shortwing shufflewing shutwing singe one's wings slimwing spoonwing spread one's wings spreadwing spurwing standard-wing stretch one's wings sunwing sweptwing swept-wing swept wing swiftwing swing-wing take under one's wing take wing tiltwing try one's wings turkey wing twistwing under one's wing underwing upon the wing upperwing upwing wait in the wings water wing waxwing whistlewing whitewing wing and prayer wing-and-wing wing attack wing-back wing back wingback wing bar wingbase wingbeat wingcase wing chair wing collar wing commander wing corkscrew wing defence wingding Wingdings wingdog wingdom winged winger wingette wing fence wing fic wingfic wingfish wing foiling wing-footed wing gear wing-handed winghead winghold wing in ground effect wingism wingist wing it wing king wingless winglet winglike wing loading wingman wingmate wing mirror wingnut wing nut wing-nut wingover wingpad wingpit wing-play wing queen wing rail wingsail wing sauce wing-shell wing shooter wingshooting wing-shot wing snail wingspan wingspot wingspread wingstroke wingsuit wing surfing wingtip wing trimmer wing walker wing walking wing wall wing warping wingwoman wingy with leaden wings wyngz x-wing y-wing

词源

词源 1
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.
Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”).
Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.
词源 2
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.
Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”).
Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.
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