wind/wɪnd/

n C,U

1. 风

• A gentle wind was blowing through the trees. 一阵微风吹过树梢。

• east (west, south,north)wind 东( 西、南、北)风

2. 风声，消息；谣言

• They seem to have got some wind. 他们好像听到了什么风声。

3. 气息，呼吸

• The runner soon lost his wind. 那个跑步的人很快就喘息不已。

4. (驱人行动或驱事发展的)力量；(破坏性的)影响；趋势，动向

• What wind blows you here? 什么风把你给吹来了？

• the winds of popular opinion 民意所向

词组break wind 放屁 get the wind up 变得紧张(或害怕) in the wind 在进行中，即将发生

• He sensed that there was something in the wind. 他感觉到有什么事情要发生。

into the wind 朝着风吹来的方向，逆风 It's an ill wind that blows nobody (any) good. 谚 不论发生什么不幸总有人从中得到好处。 let sth. go down the wind 抛弃某物 like the wind 飞快地 off the wind 顺风(航行) on a wind 迎风航行 sail close to the wind

1. 迎风航行

2. 几乎犯法(或逾规)

3. 濒临险境

take (或knock) the wind out of sb.'s sails 冷不防使某人丧失优势，使某人狼狈 throw to the winds 全然不顾…，不考虑…