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wind up

/wahynd-uhp/US // ˈwaɪndˌʌp //UK // (waɪnd) //

结尾,结案,结尾了,收尾工作

Related Words

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
    • : a final act or part.
    • : Baseball. the preparatory movements of the arm before pitching a ball.Compare stretch.
    • : Informal. a mechanical object, as a toy or wristwatch, that is driven by a spring or similar mechanism that must be wound.
    • : an act or instance of winding up.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
close关闭,密切,结束,靠近complete完整的,完整,完全,完成conclude总结,结论,达成共识,归纳do做,做到,做什么,做事end up结束,终结,结束时,结束了finish up结束,收尾,了结,收尾工作settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户wrap up包裹,包裹起来,包起来,包扎好be through with用完,用完了,用完后,过了bring to a close收尾,收工,结束,收场clean up清理,清理干净,清理工作,肃清close down关闭,停业,停业整顿,关门come to the end到头来,到头了,到此为止,到了最后determine确定,决定,判断,决定了end结束,终端,结束语,终止finalize定稿,敲定,审定,完成halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足liquidate清算,清偿,清理,清盘terminate终止,终结,终止日期,终结者tie up loose ends收尾工作,收拾残局,收尾

Examples

  • Hanrahan, the pitching coach for the Pirates’ Class AAA affiliate, recently told Crowe that his windup was too quick when throwing his slider.

  • After a couple of pitches with an exaggerated windup, he announces, “I think I’ll perplex him with my slow ball,” and delivers his famous Bugs Bunny change-up, which floats peacefully past three batters, each of whom strikes out swinging.

  • Jon Lester eased into his windup from a few feet in front of the rubber.

  • After all that windup, it was finally time for Mitt Romney to make the most difficult and important sales pitch of his life.

  • But his long windup also has given time for his team to build an operation, prepare for a long season, and raise money.

  • “I find that a bit of noise always helps after we get the windup with the bayonet, sir,” he explained to Dalroy.

  • It would have been something of a windup to send the boy to the penitentiary.

  • He stopped his windup and threw to Menken, who was covering the rubber and yelling to him to throw.

  • Our morning meal was like a capital English breakfast, with coffee by way of a windup.

  • He was disguised as a prima ballerina for the purpose, and as a windup he danced, with great skill and abandon, a can-can.

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