winding 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪndɪŋ]
a . 蜿蜒的,卷绕的,弯曲的;
n . 卷,弯曲,线圈
蜿蜒的,卷绕的,弯曲的;卷,弯曲,线圈
winding 缠绕填满; 绕组
winding 卷
winding adj 1 :
marked by repeated turns and bends ; "
a tortuous road up the mountain "; "
winding roads are full of surprises ";
"
had to steer the car down a twisty track " [
synonym :
{
tortuous }, {
twisting }, {
twisty }, {
winding },
{
voluminous }]
2 :
of a path e .
g .; "
meandering streams "; "
rambling forest paths "; "
the river followed its wandering course "; "
a winding country road " [
synonym : {
meandering (
a )}, {
rambling },
{
wandering (
a )}, {
winding }]
n 1 :
the act of winding or twisting ; "
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind " [
synonym : {
wind }, {
winding },
{
twist }]
Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wound } (
wound ) (
rarely {
Winded });
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Winding }.] [
OE .
winden ,
AS .
windan ;
akin to OS .
windan ,
D . &
G .
winden ,
OHG .
wintan ,
Icel . &
Sw .
vinda ,
Dan .
vinde ,
Goth .
windan (
in comp .).
Cf .
{
Wander }, {
Wend }.]
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1 .
To turn completely ,
or with repeated turns ;
especially ,
to turn about something fixed ;
to cause to form convolutions about anything ;
to coil ;
to twine ;
to twist ;
to wreathe ;
as ,
to wind thread on a spool or into a ball .
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Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor . --
Milton .
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2 .
To entwist ;
to infold ;
to encircle .
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Sleep ,
and I will wind thee in arms . --
Shak .
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3 .
To have complete control over ;
to turn and bend at one '
s pleasure ;
to vary or alter or will ;
to regulate ;
to govern . "
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus ." --
Shak .
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In his terms so he would him wind . --
Chaucer .
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Gifts blind the wise ,
and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses . --
Herrick .
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Were our legislature vested in the prince ,
he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure .
--
Addison .
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4 .
To introduce by insinuation ;
to insinuate .
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You have contrived . . .
to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical . --
Shak .
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Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse . --
Gov .
of Tongue .
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5 .
To cover or surround with something coiled about ;
as ,
to wind a rope with twine .
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{
To wind off },
to unwind ;
to uncoil .
{
To wind out },
to extricate . [
Obs .] --
Clarendon .
{
To wind up }.
(
a )
To coil into a ball or small compass ,
as a skein of thread ;
to coil completely .
(
b )
To bring to a conclusion or settlement ;
as ,
to wind up one '
s affairs ;
to wind up an argument .
(
c )
To put in a state of renewed or continued motion ,
as a clock ,
a watch ,
etc .,
by winding the spring ,
or that which carries the weight ;
hence ,
to prepare for continued movement or action ;
to put in order anew .
"
Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ."
--
Dryden . "
Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch ."
--
Atterbury .
(
d )
To tighten (
the strings )
of a musical instrument ,
so as to tune it . "
Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute ." --
Waller .
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Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Winded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Winding }.]
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1 .
To expose to the wind ;
to winnow ;
to ventilate .
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2 .
To perceive or follow by the scent ;
to scent ;
to nose ;
as ,
the hounds winded the game .
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3 .
(
a )
To drive hard ,
or force to violent exertion ,
as a horse ,
so as to render scant of wind ;
to put out of breath .
(
b )
To rest ,
as a horse ,
in order to allow the breath to be recovered ;
to breathe .
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{
To wind a ship } (
Naut .),
to turn it end for end ,
so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side .
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Wind \
Wind \,
v .
t . [
From {
Wind },
moving air ,
but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn .] [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Wound } (
wound ),
R . {
Winded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Winding }.]
To blow ;
to sound by blowing ;
esp .,
to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes . "
Hunters who wound their horns ."
--
Pennant .
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Ye vigorous swains ,
while youth ferments your blood , .
. .
Wind the shrill horn . --
Pope .
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That blast was winded by the king . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
n . [
From {
Wind }
to blow .] (
Naut .)
A call by the boatswain '
s whistle .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
a . [
From {
Wind }
to twist .]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface ;
circuitous .
--
Keble .
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Winding \
Wind "
ing \,
n .
1 .
A turn or turning ;
a bend ;
a curve ;
flexure ;
meander ;
as ,
the windings of a road or stream .
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To nurse the saplings tall ,
and curl the grove With ringlets quaint ,
and wanton windings wove .
--
Milton .
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2 .
The material ,
as wire or rope ,
wound or coiled about anything ,
or a single round or turn of the material ;
as (
Elec .),
a series winding ,
or one in which the armature coil ,
the field -
magnet coil ,
and the external circuit form a continuous conductor ;
a shunt winding ,
or one of such a character that the armature current is divided ,
a portion of the current being led around the field -
magnet coils .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
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{
Winding engine },
an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit ;
a hoisting engine .
{
Winding sheet },
a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped .
{
Winding tackle } (
Naut .),
a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block ,
and a double or triple movable block ,
used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel .
--
Totten .
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91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
winding ":
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
ambages ,
ambagious ,
anfractuosity ,
anfractuous ,
bending ,
circuitous ,
circuitousness ,
circumambages ,
circumbendibus ,
circumlocution ,
circumlocutory ,
circumvolution ,
convoluted ,
convolution ,
convolutional ,
crinkle ,
crinkling ,
crooked ,
curving ,
departing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
errant ,
erratic ,
excursive ,
flexuose ,
flexuosity ,
flexuous ,
flexuousness ,
indirect ,
intorsion ,
involute ,
involuted ,
involution ,
involutional ,
labyrinthine ,
mazy ,
meander ,
meandering ,
meandrous ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
planetary ,
rambling ,
rivose ,
rivulation ,
rivulose ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
ruffled ,
serpentine ,
shifting ,
sinuate ,
sinuation ,
sinuose ,
sinuosity ,
sinuous ,
sinuousness ,
slinkiness ,
snakiness ,
snaky ,
stray ,
swerving ,
torsion ,
torsional ,
tortile ,
tortility ,
tortuosity ,
tortuous ,
tortuousness ,
turning ,
twisting ,
twisty ,
undirected ,
undulation ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
wandering ,
wave ,
waving ,
whorled ,
wreathlike ,
wreathy ,
zigzag
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WINDING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of WINDING is material (such as wire) wound or coiled about an object (such as an armature); also : a single turn of the wound material How to use winding in a sentence
WINDING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary WINDING definition: 1 A winding path, road, river, etc repeatedly turns in different directions: 2 A winding story… Learn more
WINDING Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it Electricity a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device the manner of such coiling a series winding bending or turning; sinuous spiral, as stairs before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English windung (noun); wind 2, -ing 1, -ing 2
WINDING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A winding is one or more turns of wire that forms a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers and generators These chargers use an autotransformer in which the primary and secondary windings are electrically connected
Winding - definition of winding by The Free Dictionary Something wound about a center or an object: an armature with its wire winding b The way in which something is wound c One complete turn of something wound: two windings of electrical tape 2 A curve or bend, as of a road 1 Twisting or turning; sinuous 2 Spiral American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
winding - Wiktionary, the free dictionary winding (countable and uncountable, plural windings) (agriculture, chiefly attributive) The act of winnowing (“ subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff ”) (music) The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound
winding adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . having a curving and twisting shape The walk follows a winding path through the forest Definition of winding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more