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wind¹ /wɪnd/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 风；(风扇等产生的)气流
a brisk wind 清风
gusty winds 阵风
the west (或 westerly) winds 西风
as free as wind 像风一样的自由
There is not much wind today. 今天没什么风。
A wind came up that afternoon. 那天下午起风了。
The wind blew down several trees. 狂风刮倒了几棵树。
the wind of a bellows (jet propeller) 风箱 (喷气式推进器)的风
the wind of the passing train 火车驶过刮起的风
2. 风向；基本方位
come from the four winds 来自四面八方
The rest of the fleet was scattered to the(four) winds. 舰队的其他船只被打得东离西散。
3. (风中传来的)气味(或声响)
lose(the) wind of the fox 不再嗅出狐狸的气味
If the deer catches winds of us, he'll run into the woods. 鹿一闻到我们的气味就会跑进树林。
4. (驱人行动或驱事发展的)力量；(破坏性的)影响；趋势，潮流，动向
What wind blows you here? 什么风把你吹来的?
You're the wind beneath my wings. 我依托着你的支持前进。
The wind of war had swept his home away. 战火毁了他的家园。
the winds of popular opinion 民意所向
5. 传说；风声，消息
a rumour that's in the wind 传播中的谣言
We got wind that he was going to resign from the Cabinet. 我们得到风声说他准备辞去内阁职务。
6. (使管乐器或风琴发声的)气流；(一件)管乐器；[总称]管乐器类；[the wind(s)] (管弦乐队中的)管乐器部，管乐器演奏者
a wood(brass) wind 一件木(铜)管乐器
music for strings and for wind 弦乐器和管乐器的乐曲
The wind is (或 are) playing too loud. 管乐器部演奏得太响。
7. 压缩空气(或气体)；〈古〉空气
stop a train with wind 利用压缩空气刹住列车
8. 〈英〉肠气，胃气，肠胃气胀
She said she suffered from wind. 她说她有肠胃气胀的毛病。
9. 气息，呼吸；呼吸能力
be short of one's wind 气急
lose one's wind 喘不过气来
get one's wind back (或 recover one's wind) (气促之后)能重新正常呼吸
have a good (bad) wind 气长(短)
He pauses for wind. 他停下来喘喘气。
Smoking affected his wind. 吸烟使他的呼吸受到损害。
10. 胸口，心窝
hit sb. in the wind 给某人当胸一拳
11. 空谈，废话；徒劳；空想
He's all wind — he never actually does anything. 他尽是说空话，实际上从来就什么事都不干。
His theory is based on wind. 他的理论是建立在空想基础上的。
12. 虚荣；自负
He is all puffed up with wind. 他自以为非常了不起。
13. 【气】太阳风，日射微粒流
II ❶ vt.
1. 循气味追踪；嗅出…的气味
wind a fox 嗅出狐狸的气味
2. 使气急；使呼吸困难
He was winded by the time he reached the sixth floor. 他爬到七层楼时已上气不接下气了。
3. 让(马等)休息喘气
wind the horses at the top of the hill 在山顶上遛马
4. 使通风；晾干
5. 调节(管风琴管子)的进气量
6. 〈英〉用轻轻拍背的方法使(婴儿)打嗝
❷ vi.
1. 嗅出猎物的臭迹
2. 〈方〉停下来喘气
phr. before the wind 顺风，借风力 between wind and water 1. 在 (船体的)沿吃水线部分 2. 在最易受打击的地方，在要害处 blow with the wind 做事没有恒心 break wind 放屁 burn the wind 〈俚〉奔驰；飞速前进 by the wind 朝着风来的方向，迎风 cast (或 fling, hurl) to the wind(s) = throw to the wind(s)
catch the wind【海】(帆等)鼓满风
down (the) wind 顺着风
eat the wind out of 【海】占(他船)的上风
get the wind of = take the wind of
get (或 have) the wind up 变得紧张(或害怕)
get wind = take wind
get (或 have) wind of 〈口〉听到…的风声；获悉有关…的消息
They got wind of the plot and diverted the president's plane to the military airfield. 他们得到了关于这一阴谋的情报，便让总统的座机改在军用机场降落。
haul on (或 onto, to, upon) the wind 【海】掉转向风，船首向风
have ... in the wind 找到…的臭迹
have one's wind taken (心窝被击一拳后)动弹不得
have (或 gain) the wind of 1. 在…上风方向
2. 取得比(对手)有利的地位，占…的上风
3. 找到…的臭迹
how the wind blows (或 lies) = which way the wind blows
in the teeth of the wind (或 in the wind's eye 或 in the eye of the wind) 朝着风吹方向，正顶着风
sail in the eye of the wind 顶风航行
in the wind 1. 在进行中；即将发生
Changes in top management of the company had been in the wind for weeks. 公司上层管理人员的人事变动已进行了好几个星期。
Tom's close friends knew that marriage was in the wind. 汤姆的密友知道他就要结婚了。
2. 〈口〉喝醉
I was a little in the wind. 我有点醉了。
into the wind 朝着风吹来的方向，逆风
It's an ill wind that blows nobody (any) good. 〈谚〉使人人遭殃的风才是恶风。(意指天下很少有对人人都有害的事或不论发生什么不幸总有人从中得到好处)
kick the wind 〈俚〉被绞死
let sth. go down the wind 抛弃某物
like the wind 飞快地
off the wind顺风(航行)
on a wind 迎风(航驶)
on the wind 1. = on a wind
2. (声响、气味等)在风中传播
He smells blood on the wind! 他闻到风中传来的血腥味!
put the wind up 〈口〉使感到害怕
The noise put the wind up me. 那声音真使我害怕。
raise the wind 〈口〉
1. 筹款
He came to me this morning to raise the wind. 他今天早上来找我筹笔款子。
2. 制造混乱，兴风作浪
sail against the wind 1. 顶风航行
2. 在困难的条件下(或遭到反对的情况下)坚持工作
sail before the wind 1. 顺风航行
2. 发迹；成功；一帆风顺
sail close to (或 near) the wind 1. 迎风航行
The only hope in the storm was to sail close to the wind. 遇上暴风雨时，只有迎风行驶才有脱险的希望。
2. 几乎犯法(或逾规)；濒临险境，冒风险
He's sailing near the wind, with those large contracts that he makes. 他签了那些大合同，可真是冒着大风险啊。
3. 节俭地过日子
Sits the wind there? 情况是这样的吗?
slip one's wind 〈口〉咽气，断气
sniff the wind采取行动前审察事态
sound in wind and limb 身体十分健康
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind 种下一恶必将遭到十倍的恶报；轻举妄动必受其报
take the wind of 占(他船)的上风
take wind 被谣传；变得大家都知道
take (或 knock 等 ) the wind out of sb.'s sails冷不防使某人丧失优势，使某人狼狈；使某人泄气；挫败某人的计划
His statement took a great deal of the wind out of her sails. 他的声明使她大为狼狈。
I had made up my mind what I was going to say; but the news took the wind out of my sails. 我已决定我将要说些什么话，可这突如其来的消息打乱了我的计划。
temper the wind to the shorn lamb 体谅不幸者
three sheets in (或 to) the wind 见 sheet²
throw to the wind(s) 全然不顾…， 不考虑…
throw all anxiety (caution) to the winds 把所有忧虑(小心谨慎的念头)都抛到九霄云外
to the wind 顶风
touch the wind 【海】尽可能地顶风航行
twist in the wind 受着悬念的折磨
under the wind 1. 向背风面，向下风
2. 在避风处
up (the) wind 朝着(几乎是)顶风的方向
which way (或 the way) the wind blows (或 lies) 事情的趋势怎么样；舆情如何
He needed to see which way the wind was blowing before he told them his plan. 他得先看看风向如何，然后再向他们公布自己的计划。
whistle down the wind1. 放弃，抛弃
2. 白费唇舌
3. 毁谤
whistle for a wind 打唿哨招风(旧时水手的迷信)
wind and weather 风吹雨淋
Wind is in that quarter. 事情的状况就是那样。
wind(s) of change 改革的力量(或趋势)
A small white elite stubbornly refuses to face the winds of change. 少数上层白人顽固地拒绝正视变革的潮流。
with the wind 1. 随着风
gone with the wind 随风而逝
2. = before the wind
[OE;OHG wint, L ventus, Gr aēnai to blow, Sans vāti it blows 有关] |