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wind vane

/wind/US // wɪnd //

风,风的作用

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : weather vane.

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Examples

  • Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.

  • One and all, they come shaking their tin cups at election time then run like the wind when a critical vote comes up.

  • For instance: suppose the Republicans wind up with a clear Senate majority on November 4th.

  • But as it takes away the safety net, their corpses wind up in fishing nets.

  • But then they saw which way the post-Citizens United wind was blowing and became anti-disclosure.

  • There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

  • But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.

  • The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.

  • It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.

  • The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.