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- a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour风车房。
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- a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water（用于发电、汲水的）风车。
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- Brit. a toy consisting of a stick with curved vanes attached that turn in the wind〈英〉玩具风车。
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- propeller, especially one used formerly on an autogiro（尤指旧时用于旋翼机上的）风力旋轮, 空气旋轮。
with obj.
1- move (one's arms) around in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill使（手臂）作风车般转动。
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- no obj.(of one's arms) move in such a way（手臂）如风车般旋转, 转动。
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- no obj.(of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself) spin unpowered（飞机螺旋桨、旋翼或飞机自身）借风力旋转。
短语
fling（或throw）one's cap over the windmill(s)
- dated act recklessly or unconventionally〈旧〉鲁莽（或不依惯例）地干。
tilt at windmills
- 见TILT.