英:[ˈwɪndmɪl]
美:[ˈwɪndˌmɪl]
英:[ˈwɪndmɪl]
美:[ˈwɪndˌmɪl]
wind·mill
wInd mIl
复数:windmills
第三人称单数:windmills
现在分词:windmilling
过去式:windmilled
过去分词:windmilled
noun
a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaftespecially: a wind-driven water pump or electric generator
the wind-driven wheel of a windmill
something that resembles or suggests a windmillespecially: a calisthenic exercise that involves alternately lowering each outstretched hand to touch the toes of the opposite foot
[from the episode in Don Quixote by Cervantes in which the hero attacks windmills under the illusion that they are giants] an imaginary wrong, evil, or opponent—usually used in the phrase to tilt at windmills
verb
transitive verb
to cause to move like a windmill
intransitive verb
to move like a windmillespecially: to spin from the force of wind
约于1300年,源自 wind(n.1)和 mill(n.)。德语中也有类似的构词方式,如 Windmühle,荷兰语中为 windmolen,法语中为 moulin à vent。动词意为“猛烈挥动手臂”,记录于1888年。相关词汇: Windmilled; windmilling。
风车步
The first known use of windmill was in the 13th century
windowsillnoun
the horizontal piece at the bottom of a window
windowpanenoun
a pane in a window
windownoun
an opening in a wall for letting in light or air
windowpane
an opening in a partition or wall through which business is conducted
a bank teller's window
a period of time during which a certain condition exists
a window of opportunity
any of the areas into which a computer display may be divided and on which distinctly different types of information are displayed
windmillnoun
a mill or a machine (as for pumping water) worked by the wind turning sails or vanes at the top of a tower
windmillnoun
a mill or a machine (as for pumping water) worked by the wind turning sails or vanes at the top of a tower
1 Adam had paid him for his work, had even paid him for the windmill parts and did not want the windmills.
2 However industrialization also sparked the development of larger windmills to generate electricity.
但是,工业化的发展也促进了大风车的发电的迅猛发展.
3 The sails of the windmill were wheeling round.
风车的翼在转个不停.
4 Several American companies exported windmills to China and there are records and photos existing showing thesearchive.
几个美国公司出口风车到中国,有记录和照片显示记载.
5 They watered and grazed at the Cahoncito windmill for a few days before they started traveling again.
6 She was really worked up as she paced back and forth and swung her arms around like a windmill.
7 One of them is a scene behind the windmill, with fenced-in gardens, the city down the hill in the distance; the other is of vegetable gardens in Montmartre, with the windmills sails in the distance.
8 His own hands were huge windmills and he stared fascinated at the unknown thing that Antonapoulos held.
9 She can tell she’s getting close, because she sees a row of windmills in the distance, their white arms spinning with quiet industry.
10 This windmill is too old , we should buy a new one as soon as possible.
我正要跟着他去买菜.
11 Waterwheels appeared in Roman times and then proliferated, along with tidal mills and windmills, in the Middle Ages.
12 They had started the rebuilding of the windmill the day after the victory celebrations were ended.
13 She and Omer sprinted toward the windmill, where they found her mother tapping her foot and staring at her watch, arms crammed with packages.
14 We can see a windmill in the distance.
我们可以望见远处有架风车.
15 She loved logic, loved to take things apart and put them back together, whether it was a speech by Cicero or a windmill.
16 He flailed his arms like a windmill but stayed on his feet.
17 Design Highlights on the windmill.
新型风力发电机的设计亮点。
18 Already Frederick had paid up; and the sum he had paid was just enough to buy the machinery for the windmill.
19 Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.
20 His sometimes heavy-lidded, almost reptilian expression vanished; his eyes lit up, his arms would windmill, and his voice rise.