wind

1. N-VAR A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface. 风

There was a strong wind blowing. 正刮着一阵大风。

2. N-COUNT Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind. (影响事态发展的) 趋势; 因素

The winds of change are blowing across the country. 转变之风正吹遍全国。

3. V-T If you are winded by something such as a blow, the air is suddenly knocked out of your lungs so that you have difficulty breathing for a short time. 呼吸困难

He was winded and shaken. 他呼吸困难，身体发抖。

4. PHRASE If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus. 放屁

If I break wind at dinner, should I say "Pardon," or pretend nothing has happened?

如果我在用餐的时候放屁，我是应该说“对不起”，还是假装什么事情都没发生？

5. PHRASE If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it. 听到…的消息 (尤指在别人不想让知道的情况下)[非正式]

I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage. 我不想让公众，尤其是新闻界，在这个阶段听到什么消息。

PHRASE

1. V-T/V-I If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it. (路、河流或一行人) 蜿蜒而行

Quiet mountain roads wind through groves of bamboo and cedar. 幽静的山路蜿蜒穿过竹林和雪松林。

...a narrow winding road. …一条狭窄蜿蜒的道路。

We wound our way southeast. 我们向东南方向蜿蜒前行。

2. V-T When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. 缠绕

The horse jumped forward and around her, winding the rope around her waist. 那匹马向前一跳，然后围着她把绳子缠在她的腰际。

3. V-T When you wind a mechanical device, for example, a watch or a clock, you turn a knob, key, or handle on it several times in order to make it operate. 给 (钟表等) 上发条

I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time. 我还没给手表上发条，所以我不知道时间。

4. PHRASAL VERB Wind up means the same as wind. 给 (钟表等) 上发条

I wound up the watch and listened to it tick. 我给手表上好发条，听着它滴答作响。

5. V-T To wind a tape or film back or forward means to make it move toward its starting or ending position. 倒/快进 (磁带或胶卷)

The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed. 便携式摄像机可以高速度倒带或快进。

6. N a single turn, bend, etc 拐弯

a wind in the river