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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   wind

   • IPA[wind]

   美式

   • n.
     the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction；used to suggest something very fast, unrestrained, or changeable
   • v.
     cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach；detect the presence of (a person or animal) by scent

   • verb: wind, 3rd person present: winds, gerund or present participle: winding, past tense: winded, past participle: winded

   • noun: wind, plural noun: winds

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction the wind howled about the building an easterly wind 同義詞 breeze, air current, current of air, gale, hurricane, ... 更多draft, informalblow, literaryzephyr
   • ▪ used to suggest something very fast, unrestrained, or changeable run like the wind she could be as free and easy as the wind
   • ▪ used in reference to an influence or tendency that cannot be resisted a wind of change
   • ▪ used in reference to an impending situation he had seen which way the wind was blowing
   • ▪ wind as a source of energy from which power for domestic or industrial use may be generated carbon-free energy sources like solar and wind
   • ▪ the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.
   • ▪ a scent carried by the wind, indicating the presence or proximity of an animal or person.
   • 2. breath as needed in physical exertion or in speech he waited while Jez got his wind back she hit the floor with a thud that knocked the wind out of her 同義詞 breath, informalpuff
   • ▪ the power of breathing without difficulty while running or making a similar continuous effort he waited while Jerry got his wind back
   • 3. British air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion. 同義詞 flatulence, flatus, gas, technicalborborygmus
   • ▪ empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric. 同義詞 nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, ... 更多blather, blether, informalhogwash, baloney, tripe, drivel, bilge, bosh, bull, bunk, rot, hot air, eyewash, piffle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, malarkey, twaddle, guff, boastful talk, bombast, bluster, fanfaronade, informalcodswallop, cobblers, stuff and nonsense, tosh, taradiddle, cock, cack, havers, codology, garbage, flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa, bellywash, informal, datedbunkum, tommyrot, literaryrodomontade, braggadocio, vulgar slangshit, crap, bullshit, bollocks, balls, bulldust
   • 4. wind instruments, or specifically woodwind instruments, forming a band or a section of an orchestra these passages are most suitable for wind alone wind players 同義詞 wind instruments.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach the fall nearly winded him
   • 2. detect the presence of (a person or animal) by scent the birds could not have seen us or winded us
   • 3. literary sound (a bugle or call) by blowing but scarce again his horn he wound

   片語

   • before the wind
   • get wind of
   • have the wind up
   • like the wind
   • off the wind
   • on a wind
   • put the wind up
   • sail close to the wind
   • take the wind out of someone's sails
   • to the wind
   • it's an ill wind that blows no good