成语

windmill的意思_音标_例句

windmill

音标

英 /ˈwɪndmɪl/,美 /ˈwɪndˌmɪl/

词性与释义

n.(名词)

风车房/风力磨坊:通过风力驱动磨盘的传统建筑,用于研磨谷物等。
:A windmill is used to crush grain into flour.(风车被用来把谷粒轧成面粉。)

风力发电机:现代利用风能发电的装置。
:Another major player in the "Green Energy Act" is the windmill sector.(《绿色能源法》的另一重要参与者是风力发电行业。)

玩具风车:儿童玩具,由旋转叶片和手柄组成。

风力旋轮:旧时用于旋翼机的空气动力部件。

v.(动词)

使(手臂)作风车般转动:快速圆周挥舞手臂。
:I grabbed him by the tail and I windmilled him into the shed.(我抓住它的尾巴,像风车一样把它甩进棚子。)

(飞机部件)借风力旋转:指螺旋桨或旋翼在无动力时随风转动。

短语搭配

tilting at windmills:源自《堂吉诃德》,比喻“同假想敌作战;庸人自扰”。

windmill smash:排球/羽毛球中的“钩手扣球”。

windmill paddling:游泳中的“风车式划水”。

fling one's cap over the windmill(s):(旧用法)鲁莽行事,打破常规。

例句

We can see a windmill in the distance.(我们能望见远处有一架风车。)

The sails of the windmill were wheeling round.(风车的翼板转个不停。)

For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he’s really just tilting at windmills.(不知为何他觉得所有人都针对他,但其实只是庸人自扰。)

Its windmill compresses air directly.(这种风车直接压缩空气。)

The propeller will windmill and crank the engine.(螺旋桨将借风力旋转并启动引擎。)

Once we get the windmill up and running, it'll help.(一旦风车建成并运转,就会有用。)

You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.(一对风箱吹不动风车。)(谚语,喻“小力难成大事”)

The windmill never strays in search of the wind.(风车从不主动寻找风。)(喻“顺势而为”)

At age 14, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home.(一名14岁的马拉维少年为家里建造了发电风车。)

The experimental bladeless windmill we're upgrading is innovative.(我们正在升级的实验性无叶片风车很有创新性。)

文化与延伸

“tilting at windmills”已成为英语经典典故,象征脱离现实的理想主义。现代语境中,windmill 也常用于环保主题,如歌曲《The Windmills Of Your Mind》用“头脑中的风车”比喻思绪的循环不息。

风车不仅是能源符号,更承载着“人与自然共生”的隐喻——正如谚语所言:“风车从不跑去找风,风自然会来。”

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