wind

noun

1. 风；气流
   air that moves quickly as a result of natural forces
   1. strong/high winds
      强劲的风；大风
   2. gale-force winds
      大风级的风
   3. a light wind
      小风
   4. a north/south/east/west wind
      北 / 南 / 东 / 西风
   5. a chill/cold/biting wind from the north
      冷飕飕的 / 寒冷的 / 刺骨的北风
   6. The wind is blowing from the south.
      刮的是南风。
   7. The trees were swaying in the wind .
      树在风中摇晃。
   8. A gust of wind blew my hat off.
      一阵风把我的帽子刮掉了。
   9. The weather was hot, without a breath of wind .
      天气炎热，连一丝风都没有。
   10. The wall gives some protection from the prevailing wind .
       这堵墙挡着常刮的风，起到一些保护作用。
   11. The wind is getting up (= starting to blow strongly) .
       风势越来越大。
   12. The wind has dropped (= stopped blowing strongly) .
       风势已经减弱。
   13. wind speed/direction
       风速；风向
2. （随食物或饮料）吞下的气；胃气；肠气
   air that you swallow with food or drink; gas that is produced in your stomach or intestines that makes you feel uncomfortable
   1. I can't eat beans─they give me wind.
      我不能吃豆子，吃了肚子就胀气。
   2. Try to bring the baby's wind up.
      设法让婴儿嗳气。
3. （运动或吹奏乐器时的）呼吸
   breath that you need when you do exercise or blow into a musical instrument
   1. I need time to get my wind back after that run.
      我跑过之后需要时间喘口气。
   2. He kicked Gomez in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
      他踢了戈梅斯的肚子，把他踢得喘不上气来。
4. （管弦乐团的）管乐器，管乐器组
   the group of musical instruments in an orchestra that produce sounds when you blow into them; the musicians who play those instruments
   1. music for wind and strings
      管弦乐
   2. the wind section
      管乐组
   3. The wind played beautifully.
      管乐器部吹奏得美极了。

verb

1. 使喘不过气来；使喘大气
   to make sb unable to breathe easily for a short time
   1. He was momentarily winded by the blow to his stomach.
      他的肚子上挨了一击，一时喘不过气来。
2. （给婴儿轻轻拍抚后背）使嗳气
   to gently hit or rub a baby's back to make it burp (= release gas from its stomach through its mouth)

AIR 气流

1. 
   
2. N-VAR 风
   A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface.
   1. There was a strong wind blowing...
      狂风肆虐。
   2. Then the wind dropped and the surface of the sea was still...
      后来风势渐弱，海面重归平静。
   3. The leaves rustled in the wind...
      叶子在风中沙沙作响。
   4. During the night a gust of wind had blown the pot over.
      夜里一阵劲风将锅吹翻了。
3. N-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.
   1. The winds of change are blowing across the country...
      改革之风吹遍全国。
   2. 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。
4. VERB 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.
   1. He was winded and shaken...
      他呼吸困难，身体发抖。
   2. The cow stamped on his side, winding him.
      牛重重地踩在他的肋部，使他喘不上气来。
5. （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.
6. VERB 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.
   1. If he cries when you put him down after a feed, try winding him.
      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


7. 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.
8. 放屁
   If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
9. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。
10. PHRASE 可能发生
    If something is in the wind, it is likely to happen.
    1. By the mid-1980s, change was in the wind again.
       20世纪80年代中期，变革又呈山雨欲来之势。
11. PHRASE 吓唬;使焦虑
    If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
    1. '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。”
12. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
13. 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.
14. PHRASE 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.
    1. He didn't like to make pronouncements before he was sure which way the wind was blowing.
       在没有弄清事态的走向前，他不想发表声明。
15. to throw caution to the wind → see: caution

TURNING OR WRAPPING 卷绕；包裹

1. VERB (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.
   1. The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside...
      摩泽尔河在宁静的乡间蜿蜒穿行约160英里。
   2. The road winds uphill...
      道路沿山坡蜿蜒而上。
   3. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.
      车队曲曲折折地穿过约旦河西岸。
   4. ...a narrow winding road.
      迂回狭窄的公路
2. VERB 卷绕;缠绕
   When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times.
   1. The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist.
      那匹马围着她向前跳，把绳子绕在了她腰上。
3. VERB 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.
   1. I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time.
      我还没有给表上发条，所以不知道时间。
   2. Wind up means the same as wind .
      wind up同wind
   3. I wound up the watch and listened to it tick...
      我给表上紧发条，听着它嘀嗒作响。
   4. 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。
4. VERB 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.
   1. The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed.
      这款便携式摄像机可以使录像带快速倒回或前进。

1. I awoke to the sound of the wind in the trees
   外面风吹树响把我吵醒了。
2. The bushes and trees were blowing in the wind.
   灌木丛和树木在风中摇晃。
3. She forgot about everything but the sun and the wind and the salt spray.
   除了太阳、风和盐雾，她什么都记不得了。
4. The wind had veered to north, bringing clear skies and a keen frost.
   风向已经转北，带来了晴朗的天空和严重的霜冻。
5. The wind howled all night, but I slept a little
   风整夜怒号着，但我还是睡了一会儿。
6. But it's an ill wind; I recovered and married one of my nurses from that hospital.
   但是因祸得福：我恢复了健康，并娶了那所医院护理我的一位护士。
7. The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
   这种自行车的设计成功地减少了风的阻力和摩擦力。
8. The leaves rustled in the wind
   树叶在风中沙沙作响。
9. Then the wind dropped and the surface of the sea was still
   后来风势渐弱，海面重归平静。
10. During the night a gust of wind had blown the pot over.
    夜里一阵劲风将锅吹翻了。
11. The winds of change are blowing across the country
    改革之风吹遍全国。
12. 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。
13. He was winded and shaken
    他呼吸困难，身体发抖。
14. The cow stamped on his side, winding him.
    牛重重地踩在他的肋部，使他喘不上气来。
15. If he cries when you put him down after a feed, try winding him.
    如果你喂完后把他放下时他哭，给他拍拍嗝儿。
16. 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。
17. By the mid-1980s, change was in the wind again.
    20世纪80年代中期，变革又呈山雨欲来之势。
18. '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。”
19. 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。
20. He didn't like to make pronouncements before he was sure which way the wind was blowing.
    在没有弄清事态的走向前，他不想发表声明。
21. The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside
    摩泽尔河在宁静的乡间蜿蜒穿行约160英里。
22. The road winds uphill
    道路沿山坡蜿蜒而上。
23. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.
    车队曲曲折折地穿过约旦河西岸。
24. The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist.
    那匹马围着她向前跳，把绳子绕在了她腰上。
25. I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time.
    我还没有给表上发条，所以不知道时间。
26. The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed.
    这款便携式摄像机可以使录像带快速倒回或前进。
27. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
    我经常喝点酒放松一下。
28. The candle was blown out by the wind.
    蜡烛被风吹灭了。
29. The newspaper was blown away by the wind.
    报纸给风吹走了。
30. The wind is rising.
    起风了。

wind down

1. 喘口气；喘息一下
   to rest or relax after a period of activity or excitement
   1. strong/high winds
      强劲的风；大风
   2. gale-force winds
      大风级的风
   3. a light wind
      小风
   4. a north/south/east/west wind
      北 / 南 / 东 / 西风
   5. a chill/cold/biting wind from the north
      冷飕飕的 / 寒冷的 / 刺骨的北风
   6. The wind is blowing from the south.
      刮的是南风。
   7. The trees were swaying in the wind .
      树在风中摇晃。
   8. A gust of wind blew my hat off.
      一阵风把我的帽子刮掉了。
   9. The weather was hot, without a breath of wind .
      天气炎热，连一丝风都没有。
   10. The wall gives some protection from the prevailing wind .
       这堵墙挡着常刮的风，起到一些保护作用。
   11. The wind is getting up (= starting to blow strongly) .
       风势越来越大。
   12. The wind has dropped (= stopped blowing strongly) .
       风势已经减弱。
   13. wind speed/direction
       风速；风向
2. 慢下来后停住
   to go slowly and then stop
   1. I can't eat beans─they give me wind.
      我不能吃豆子，吃了肚子就胀气。
   2. Try to bring the baby's wind up.
      设法让婴儿嗳气。

wind sth↔down

1. 使（业务、活动等）逐步结束
   to bring a business, an activity, etc. to an end gradually over a period of time
   1. music for wind and strings
      管弦乐
   2. the wind section
      管乐组
   3. The wind played beautifully.
      管乐器部吹奏得美极了。
2. 把（汽车窗玻璃等）摇下
   to make sth such as the window of a car move downwards by turning a handle, pressing a button, etc.

wind up

1. 以…告终（或终结）
   to find yourself in a particular place or situation

wind up

wind sth↔up

1. 结束（讲话、会议等）
   to bring sth such as a speech or meeting to an end

wind sb↔up

1. 惹…生气；戏弄
   to deliberately say or do sth in order to annoy sb

wind sth↔up

1. 关闭（公司、企业等）；停止营业
   to stop running a company, business, etc. and close it completely
2. 把（汽车窗玻璃等）摇上
   to make sth such as the window of a car move upwards by turning a handle, pressing a button, etc.

n.

break wind

• 放屁
  to release gas from your bowels through your anus

get wind of sth

• 听到…的风声；获悉…的秘密消息
  to hear about sth secret or private

get/have the wind up (about sth)

• 因…害怕（或忧虑）
  to become/be frightened about sth

in the wind

• 即将发生；在酝酿中
  about to happen soon, although you do not know exactly how or when

like the wind

• 一阵风似的；飞快地
  very quickly

put the wind up sb

• 使害怕；使惊吓
  to make sb frightened

take the wind out of sb's sails

• 出其不意地打击某人的信心；突然减轻某人的怒气
  to make sb suddenly less confident or angry, especially when you do or say sth that they do not expect

a wind/the winds of change

• 改革之风；变化的趋向
  an event or a series of events that has started to happen and will cause important changes or results
  1. A wind of change was blowing through the banking world.
     银行界刮起了改革之风。

throw/cast caution to the wind(s)

• 不顾危险；鲁莽行事；冒险
  to stop caring about how dangerous sth might be; to start taking risks

a following wind

• 顺风
  a wind blowing in the same direction as a ship or other vehicle that helps it move faster

it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)

• 没有绝对的坏事；任何坏事都会有利于某些人
  no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to sb

sail close to the wind

• 冒大风险（干危险或可能违法的事）
  to take a risk by doing sth that is dangerous or that may be illegal

a straw in the wind

• （预示发生某事的）迹象，苗头，征兆
  a small sign of what might happen in the future

see which way the wind is blowing

• 看看风向；观察势头；摸清可能发生的情况
  to get an idea of what is likely to happen before doing sth

v.

twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger

• 任意摆布某人；左右某人
  to persuade sb to do anything that you want

noun

1. the act of winding or twisting
   1. he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

   Synonym:    windingtwist

2. breath
   1. the collision knocked the wind out of him

3. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

   Synonym:    fartfartingflatusbreaking wind

4. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

   Synonym:    wind instrument

5. an indication of potential opportunity
   1. he got a tip on the stock market
   2. a good lead for a job

   Synonym:    tipleadsteerconfidential informationhint

6. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
   1. that's a lot of wind
   2. don't give me any of that jazz

   Synonym:    malarkeymalarkyidle wordsjazznothingness

7. a tendency or force that influences events
   1. the winds of change

8. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
   1. trees bent under the fierce winds
   2. when there is no wind, row
   3. the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

   Synonym:    air currentcurrent of air

verb

1. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   1. hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

   Synonym:    hoistlift

2. form into a wreath

   Synonym:    wreathe

3. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   1. wind your watch

   Synonym:    wind up

4. arrange or or coil around
   1. roll your hair around your finger
   2. Twine the thread around the spool
   3. She wrapped her arms around the child

   Synonym:    wraprolltwine

5. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   1. the river winds through the hills
   2. the path meanders through the vineyards
   3. sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

   Synonym:    weavethreadmeanderwander

6. catch the scent of
   1. The dog nosed out the drugs

   Synonym:    scentnose

7. extend in curves and turns
   1. The road winds around the lake
   2. the path twisted through the forest

   Synonym:    twistcurve