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wound up

/noun wind, Literary wahynd; verb wind/US // noun wɪnd, Literary waɪnd; verb wɪnd //

伤痕累累,缠绕在一起的,缠绕在一起,缠绕

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n.名词 noun
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    • : air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
    • : a gale; storm; hurricane.
    • : any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
    • : air that is blown or forced to produce a musical sound in singing or playing an instrument.
    • : wind instrument.
    • : wind instruments collectively.
    • : the winds, the members of an orchestra or band who play the wind instruments.
    • : breath or breathing: to catch one's wind.
    • : the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.
    • : any influential force or trend: strong winds of public opinion.
    • : a hint or intimation: to catch wind of a stock split.
    • : air carrying an animal's odor or scent.
    • : solar wind.
    • : empty talk; mere words.
    • : vanity; conceitedness.
    • : gas generated in the stomach and intestines.
    • : Boxing Slang. the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause a temporary shortness of breath; solar plexus.
    • : any direction of the compass.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to expose to wind or air.
    • : to follow by the scent.
    • : to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.
    • : to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to catch the scent or odor of game.

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  • The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  • Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.

  • In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

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