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wind-down

/wahynd-doun/US // ˈwaɪndˌdaʊn //UK // (waɪnd) //

收缩,清盘,缩减,结束

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of winding down, as in intensity: a gradual wind-down in hostilities.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intruce

Examples

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.

  • A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.

  • The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.

  • My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.