vane
风向标,叶片,窗帘,翼片
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Definitions
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- : weather vane.
- : a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
- : any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air.
- : a person who is readily changeable or fickle.
- : Aerospace. any fixed or movable plane surface on the outside of a rocket providing directional control while the rocket is within the atmosphere.a similar plane surface located in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing.
- : Ornithology. the web of a feather.
- : Navigation, Surveying. either of two fixed projections for sighting an alidade or the like.
- : Archery. feather.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
But, I refuse to believe that all the hard work that those who have marched, spoken and fought for us to progress is in vane.
Danielle Pletka, head of foreign policy at the American Enterprise Institute, has called Romney a “weather vane.”
Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
For the rooster who was always perched on the weather-vane on the barn was up so high and he shone like gold.
Oh seruant, vertue strengthen me.Thy presence blowes round my affections vane:You will vndoe me, if you speake againe.
The letter was written when Mr. Vane's interest in Parliament was very great.
Sydney Vane had been a popular man; he belonged to a well-known county family, and had left a widow and child.