windmill是什么意思？

windmill

英[ˈwɪndmɪl] 美[ˈwɪndˌmɪl]

• n. 风车，旋转玩具，<口>直升飞机；

复数：windmills;

例句

• The sails of the windmill were wheeling round. 风车的翼在转个不停.
• The sails of the windmill are now at rest. 风车的帆叶现在静止不动了.
• He got his windmill on a system of easy payments that staggered even the ironmonger himself. 他买下了风车,付款条件之优惠,连五金商本人都感到惊异.
• The grinder was powered by a windmill. 这磨盘由风车提供动力.
• ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze. 翼板在微风中转动的风车

词组

• fling (或 throw) one's cap over the windmill(s)
  (dated)act recklessly or unconventionally (旧)鲁莽（或不依惯例）地干
• tilt at windmills
  To confront and engage in conflict with an imagined opponent or threat. 与假想的对手作战：面对假想的敌人或威胁；同假想的敌人或威胁作战

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  风车磨坊；（风力发电的）风车
  A windmill is a building with long pieces of wood on the outside which turn around as the wind blows and provide energy for a machine that crushes grain. A windmill is also a similar structure that is used to convert the power of the wind into electricity.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  风车;风车房
  The sails of the windmill were wheeling round. 风车的翼在转个不停。 The grinder was powered by a windmill. 这磨盘由风车提供动力。
  假想的敌人(或坏事)
  For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he’s really just tilting at windmills. 不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他,但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a mill that is powered by the wind
  2. generator that extracts usable energy from winds

行业词典

• 体育： 风车步；