winding 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪndɪŋ]
a . 蜿蜒的,卷绕的,弯曲的;
n . 卷,弯曲,线圈
蜿蜒的,卷绕的,弯曲的;卷,弯曲,线圈
winding 缠绕填满; 绕组
winding 卷
winding adj 1 :
marked by repeated turns and bends ; "
a tortuous road up the mountain "; "
winding roads are full of surprises ";
"
had to steer the car down a twisty track " [
synonym :
{
tortuous }, {
twisting }, {
twisty }, {
winding },
{
voluminous }]
2 :
of a path e .
g .; "
meandering streams "; "
rambling forest paths "; "
the river followed its wandering course "; "
a winding country road " [
synonym : {
meandering (
a )}, {
rambling },
{
wandering (
a )}, {
winding }]
n 1 :
the act of winding or twisting ; "
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind " [
synonym : {
wind }, {
winding },
{
twist }]
Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wound } (
wound ) (
rarely {
Winded });
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Winding }.] [
OE .
winden ,
AS .
windan ;
akin to OS .
windan ,
D . &
G .
winden ,
OHG .
wintan ,
Icel . &
Sw .
vinda ,
Dan .
vinde ,
Goth .
windan (
in comp .).
Cf .
{
Wander }, {
Wend }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
To turn completely ,
or with repeated turns ;
especially ,
to turn about something fixed ;
to cause to form convolutions about anything ;
to coil ;
to twine ;
to twist ;
to wreathe ;
as ,
to wind thread on a spool or into a ball .
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Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor . --
Milton .
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2 .
To entwist ;
to infold ;
to encircle .
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Sleep ,
and I will wind thee in arms . --
Shak .
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3 .
To have complete control over ;
to turn and bend at one '
s pleasure ;
to vary or alter or will ;
to regulate ;
to govern . "
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus ." --
Shak .
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In his terms so he would him wind . --
Chaucer .
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Gifts blind the wise ,
and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses . --
Herrick .
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Were our legislature vested in the prince ,
he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure .
--
Addison .
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4 .
To introduce by insinuation ;
to insinuate .
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You have contrived . . .
to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical . --
Shak .
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Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse . --
Gov .
of Tongue .
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5 .
To cover or surround with something coiled about ;
as ,
to wind a rope with twine .
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{
To wind off },
to unwind ;
to uncoil .
{
To wind out },
to extricate . [
Obs .] --
Clarendon .
{
To wind up }.
(
a )
To coil into a ball or small compass ,
as a skein of thread ;
to coil completely .
(
b )
To bring to a conclusion or settlement ;
as ,
to wind up one '
s affairs ;
to wind up an argument .
(
c )
To put in a state of renewed or continued motion ,
as a clock ,
a watch ,
etc .,
by winding the spring ,
or that which carries the weight ;
hence ,
to prepare for continued movement or action ;
to put in order anew .
"
Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ."
--
Dryden . "
Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch ."
--
Atterbury .
(
d )
To tighten (
the strings )
of a musical instrument ,
so as to tune it . "
Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute ." --
Waller .
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Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Winded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Winding }.]
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1 .
To expose to the wind ;
to winnow ;
to ventilate .
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2 .
To perceive or follow by the scent ;
to scent ;
to nose ;
as ,
the hounds winded the game .
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3 .
(
a )
To drive hard ,
or force to violent exertion ,
as a horse ,
so as to render scant of wind ;
to put out of breath .
(
b )
To rest ,
as a horse ,
in order to allow the breath to be recovered ;
to breathe .
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{
To wind a ship } (
Naut .),
to turn it end for end ,
so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side .
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Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
From {
Wind },
moving air ,
but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn .] [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Wound } (
wound ),
R . {
Winded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Winding }.]
To blow ;
to sound by blowing ;
esp .,
to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes . "
Hunters who wound their horns ."
--
Pennant .
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Ye vigorous swains ,
while youth ferments your blood , .
. .
Wind the shrill horn . --
Pope .
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That blast was winded by the king . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
n . [
From {
Wind }
to blow .] (
Naut .)
A call by the boatswain '
s whistle .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
a . [
From {
Wind }
to twist .]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface ;
circuitous .
--
Keble .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
n .
1 .
A turn or turning ;
a bend ;
a curve ;
flexure ;
meander ;
as ,
the windings of a road or stream .
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To nurse the saplings tall ,
and curl the grove With ringlets quaint ,
and wanton windings wove .
--
Milton .
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2 .
The material ,
as wire or rope ,
wound or coiled about anything ,
or a single round or turn of the material ;
as (
Elec .),
a series winding ,
or one in which the armature coil ,
the field -
magnet coil ,
and the external circuit form a continuous conductor ;
a shunt winding ,
or one of such a character that the armature current is divided ,
a portion of the current being led around the field -
magnet coils .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
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{
Winding engine },
an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit ;
a hoisting engine .
{
Winding sheet },
a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped .
{
Winding tackle } (
Naut .),
a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block ,
and a double or triple movable block ,
used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel .
--
Totten .
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91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
winding ":
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
ambages ,
ambagious ,
anfractuosity ,
anfractuous ,
bending ,
circuitous ,
circuitousness ,
circumambages ,
circumbendibus ,
circumlocution ,
circumlocutory ,
circumvolution ,
convoluted ,
convolution ,
convolutional ,
crinkle ,
crinkling ,
crooked ,
curving ,
departing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
errant ,
erratic ,
excursive ,
flexuose ,
flexuosity ,
flexuous ,
flexuousness ,
indirect ,
intorsion ,
involute ,
involuted ,
involution ,
involutional ,
labyrinthine ,
mazy ,
meander ,
meandering ,
meandrous ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
planetary ,
rambling ,
rivose ,
rivulation ,
rivulose ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
ruffled ,
serpentine ,
shifting ,
sinuate ,
sinuation ,
sinuose ,
sinuosity ,
sinuous ,
sinuousness ,
slinkiness ,
snakiness ,
snaky ,
stray ,
swerving ,
torsion ,
torsional ,
tortile ,
tortility ,
tortuosity ,
tortuous ,
tortuousness ,
turning ,
twisting ,
twisty ,
undirected ,
undulation ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
wandering ,
wave ,
waving ,
whorled ,
wreathlike ,
wreathy ,
zigzag
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