vane
/veɪn/noun
1- a broad blade attached to a rotating axis or wheel which pushes or is pushed by wind or water and forms part of a machine or device such as a windmill, propeller, or turbine（风车、螺旋桨或涡轮机的）翼, 叶片, 轮叶。
1.1
- short for WEATHERVANE.WEATHERVANE的简称。
1.2
- the flat part on either side of the shaft of a feather羽片。
1.3
- a broad, flat projecting surface designed to guide the motion of a projectile, such as a feather on an arrow or a fin on a torpedo箭翎; 尾翼, 舵。
派生词
vaned
adjective三叶风车。
词源
late Middle English: dialect variant of obsolete fane 'banner', of Germanic origin.