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wind-swept

/wind-swept/US // ˈwɪndˌswɛpt //UK // (ˈwɪndˌswɛpt) //

被风吹过的,被风吹动的,风卷残云,风吹草动

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.

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Examples

  • He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.

  • In mid-summer, as the epidemic swept through the region, schools closed one by one.

  • Business owners swept up glass in front of their barber shop.

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

  • Fans and novices soon became swept up in the movement, tracing each work like buried treasure.

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

  • Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."

  • 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.