windswept

Related topics: Nature

wind·swept /ˈwɪndswept/ adjectiveadj

1 DNa place that is windswept is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it 〔地方〕迎风的，当风的；无遮挡的

windswept moors

狂风劲吹的荒野

2. UNTIDYhair, clothes etc that are windswept have been blown around by the wind 〔头发、衣服等〕被风吹乱[散]的

Examples from the Corpus

windswept• Strange, windswept cliffs of sandstone break through rolling hills of soft, powdery soil.• A story of indiscretion and retribution set in windswept Cornwall.• the windswept Montana plains• Light a candle there on a windswept night, and you might just catch a glimpse of him.• These tall, uniform boxes are set back from the street, isolated by windswept plazas.• What my traveling companion remembered from the mid 1970s as a lonely, windswept point has become a bustling little town.

单词	windswept
释义	windswept Related topics: Nature wind·swept /ˈwɪndswept/ adjectiveadj 1 DNa place that is windswept is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it 〔地方〕迎风的，当风的；无遮挡的 windswept moors 狂风劲吹的荒野 2. UNTIDYhair, clothes etc that are windswept have been blown around by the wind 〔头发、衣服等〕被风吹乱[散]的 Examples from the Corpus windswept• Strange, windswept cliffs of sandstone break through rolling hills of soft, powdery soil.• A story of indiscretion and retribution set in windswept Cornwall.• the windswept Montana plains• Light a candle there on a windswept night, and you might just catch a glimpse of him.• These tall, uniform boxes are set back from the street, isolated by windswept plazas.• What my traveling companion remembered from the mid 1970s as a lonely, windswept point has become a bustling little town.
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