| 词组 | wind |
| 释义 | wind [wound, wound, winding] wind back wind sth back • wind back sth if you wind back a tape on which sound or pictures etc are recorded, you make it move backwards towards its starting point, by pressing a button: ▪ Could you wind back the video to the beginning? ▪ The message on my answering machine wasn't very clear, so I wound the tape back and listened again. ■ SIMILAR TO: rewind ■ OPPOSITE: wind on wind down 1. wind down • wind down sth • wind sth down if a company or organization winds down or you wind it down, it gradually does less work, especially before it is closed completely: ▪ America has been winding down its NATO bases here, following the end of the cold war. ▪ The original mill is winding down after over a hundred years in textile production. 2. wind down • wind down sth • wind sth down if something that people are doing winds down, or if someone winds it down, they gradually do less of it, before stopping completely: ▪ The strikes, which had gone on for weeks, were gradually wound down before Christmas. ▪ Keller said he would be winding down his involvement in sport in the summer. ▪ The football season is winding down now, with only three weeks to go. 3. wind down to gradually relax after you have been working or after you have been anxious or worried: ▪ Have a drink - you look like you need to wind down. ▪ After a tough day it's great to wind down in front of the TV and not to have anything to worry about. ■ SIMILAR TO: unwind 4. wind down if a clock or watch winds down, it gradually goes more and more slowly until it stops: ▪ The clock in the hall had wound down and stopped. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run down 5. wind down sth • wind sth down BrE to open a car window by making the glass move down using a handle or a button: ▪ She wound down her window and called to me across the street. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑roll down especially AmE ■ OPPOSITE: wind up wind forward wind sth forward • wind forward sth especially BrE if you wind forward a tape on which sound or pictures etc are recorded, you make it move forward towards the end, by pressing a button: ▪ I wound the tape forward until I found the song I wanted to hear. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind on ■ OPPOSITE: wind back wind on 1. wind sth on • wind on sth BrE if you wind on a tape on which sound or pictures are recorded, or a film in a camera, you make it move forward towards the end, by pressing a button: ▪ I wound the tape on to the next song. ▪ That photograph I took of you didn't come out - I must have forgotten to wind the film on. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind forward ■ OPPOSITE: wind back 2. wind on if a period of time winds on, it gradually passes: ▪ It got colder and colder as the day wound on. ▪ The months wound on and still we'd had no news of our son. wind up 1. wind sth up • wind up sth • wind up if you wind up a meeting or activity or it winds up, you end it or it ends: ▪ I walked in as Palmer was winding up the debate with an extremely clever and amusing speech. ▪ The Foreign Minister wound up a two-day visit by announcing an agreement with Havana. ▪ With a bit of luck, the meeting should wind up by about four o'clock. 2. wind sth up • wind up sth usually passive BrE to reduce the activity of a business, organization etc until it closes completely: ▪ The department is being wound up and its responsibilities will be distributed elsewhere. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind down 3. wind up informal to get into a particular situation or place at the end of a long series of events and without wanting to: ▪ That's enough for one night or you'll wind up drunk. ▪ Stricter discipline is needed in order to stop children like these winding up in reform school or prison. ▪ If the situation continues, some doctors could wind up losing their jobs. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑end up 4. wind sb up • wind up sb informal, especially BrE to deliberately say or do something that you know will annoy or worry someone, because you think it is funny: ▪ Don't pay any attention to him! He's just winding you up! ▪ A lot of teenagers seem to enjoy winding up their parents. wind-up n C usually singular something that someone says or does deliberately to annoy another person: ▪ Are you serious, or is this just a wind-up? 5. wind sb up • wind up sb informal if something winds you up, it annoys you: ▪ It really winds me up when people criticize things they know nothing about. ■ SIMILAR TO: annoy, piss sb off informal 6. be wound up BrE informal if someone is wound up, they feel tense and anxious and unable to relax + about ▪ Sarah's very wound up about her interview next week. get wound up ▪ Try not to get too wound up about the exams. ■ SIMILAR TO: be anxious, be nervous 7. wind sth up • wind up sth to wrap something long such as string or hair around itself, so that it forms the shape of a ball: ▪ She wound her hair up and pinned it on top of her head. + into ▪ The sales assistant cut of a length of wire and wound it up into a ball. 8. wind sth up • wind up sth to make a clock, watch, or machine work, by turning a handle or key: ▪ It's a lovely old watch, but you have to remember to wind it up every day. wind-up adj always before noun operated by a key or handle that you turn in order to make it work: ▪ Valeria had an old wind-up gramophone and a collection of records. 9. wind sth up • wind up sth BrE to close a car window by making the glass move upwards using a handle or a button: ▪ Tell me if you're cold in the back and I'll wind up the window. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑roll up especially AmE ■ OPPOSITE: wind down |
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