Wind

(noun.) the act of winding or twisting; 'he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind'.

(noun.) breath; 'the collision knocked the wind out of him'.

(noun.) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; 'that's a lot of wind'; 'don't give me any of that jazz'.

(noun.) a tendency or force that influences events; 'the winds of change'.

(noun.) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; 'trees bent under the fierce winds'; 'when there is no wind, row'; 'the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere'.

(verb.) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; 'wind your watch'.

(verb.) arrange or or coil around; 'roll your hair around your finger'; 'Twine the thread around the spool'; 'She wrapped her arms around the child'.

(verb.) extend in curves and turns; 'The road winds around the lake'; 'the path twisted through the forest'.

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• The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It's up my nose, and down my throat, and in my wind-pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Will wind, water, fire, lend me a path to Moore? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I shall no longer see the sun or stars, or feel the winds play on my cheeks. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I don't go beating about for side-winds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• There she broke down, poor thing, and gave the other seventeen to the four winds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Whether we wish it or not we are involved in the world's problems, and all the winds of heaven blow through our land. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Winter again came round, with its winds, frosts, tame robins, and sparkling starlight. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It was impossible, from that position, to see the fall, but I could see the curving path which winds over the shoulder of the hill and leads to it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This shutter was wound up by a spring operated by a pull cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He experimented with bundles of iron wires variously insulated, also with sheet-iron rolled cylindrically and covered with iron wire wound concentrically. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Well it's only a pretty deep flesh-wound; but, then, tumbling and scratching down that place didn't help him much. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The strength of any electromagnet depends upon the number of coils wound on the iron core and upon the strength of the current which is sent through the coils. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It was a lovely drive, along winding roads rich in the picturesque scenes that delight beauty-loving eyes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I staggered to my feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding stair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The walls are 15 feet thick at the base, and 18 inches at the top, and its summit is reached by an internal winding staircase and a central elevator. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The different parts of these are called the tube, jacket, hoops, locking rings, trunnion rings, wire winding, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Tal Hajus arose, and I, half fearing, half anticipating his intentions, hurried to the winding runway which led to the floors below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• After winding along it for more than a mile, they reached their own house. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• And then in his turn he winded the call till all the greenwood rang. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And at this moment, Wamba winded the bugle, for the whole had passed so speedily, that he had not time to do so sooner. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He then gave breath to the bugle, and winded once and again the call which he described, until the knight had caught the notes. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She made no remark, except to say that she understood what was wanted of her, and that she had winded a many of them in her time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Pesca is long-winded to-night? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The Prior Aymer winded a blast accordingly. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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